Table 2.
Associations between term vs preterm birth status and the risk of undiagnosed obesity among children measured obese (n = 13,697), 2010–2016, Ohio, USA.
| Characteristics | Term (n = 11,343)a |
Preterm (n = 2354) |
Unadjusted RR (95% CI) | Adjusted RRb (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not diagnosedc | Diagnosed | Not diagnosedc | Diagnosed | |||
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| ||||||
| All children (n, %) | 8362 (73.7) | 2981 (26.3) | 1 911 (81.2) | 443 (18.8) | 1.10 (1.08, 1.13) | 1.08 (1.05, 1.11) |
| Maternal race (n, %) | ||||||
| White | 2594 (74.0) | 914 (26.0) | 994 (84.9) | 177 (15.1) | 1.15 (1.11, 1.18) | 1.12 (1.09, 1.16) |
| Black/African-American | 4309 (75.3) | 1414 (24.7) | 717 (79.1) | 189 (20.9) | 1.05 (1.01, 1.09) | 1.04 (1.00, 1.08) |
| Others | 1459 (69.1) | 653 (30.9) | 200 (72.2) | 77 (27.8) | 1.04 (0.96, 1.13) | 1.06 (0.97, 1.16) |
| Maternal education (n, %) | ||||||
| 12th Grade or Less | 2842 (72.6) | 1071 (27.4) | 475 (78.6) | 129 (21.4) | 1.08 (1.03, 1.13) | 1.07 (1.16, 1.33) |
| High School/GED/Some college but no degree | 4316 (73.9) | 1521 (26.1) | 1018 (80.1) | 253 (19.9) | 1.08 (1.05, 1.12) | 1.06 (1.11, 1.26) |
| Associate’s Degree or Higher | 851 (77.4) | 249 (22.6) | 357 (88.6) | 46 (11.4) | 1.15 (1.09, 1.20) | 1.11 (1.06, 1.17) |
Missing data: 209 for maternal education.
a
The reference group is the term group of children.
b
Adjusted RR: Adjusted for maternal ethnicity, maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, ever Medicaid or uninsured, and child’s sex.
c
Not diagnosed means that a child was not diagnosed during the study period (anytime from 2010 to 2016).