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Table 4 Weighted percentages for prevalence and risks ratios (95 % CIs) for overweight at 7-years by cumulative maternal and paternal full-time employment: continuous couple families only (n = 5136)

From: Parental employment during early childhood and overweight at 7-years: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study

 

Percent (n) overweight

Unadjusted RR

Mutually adjusted cumulative maternal and paternal employment

Mutually adjusted + Confoundersb

  

A

B

C

Maternal full-time employment

    

Nonea

17.3 (635)

1

1

1

One sweep

13.5 (98)

0.78 (0.63–0.97)

0.78 (0.63–0.97)

0.79 (0.64–0.97)

Two sweeps

21.5 (70)

1.24 (0.94–1.64)

1.25 (0.94–1.65)

1.29 (0.97–1.71)

Three sweeps

24.0 (60)

1.39 (1.02–1.89)

1.39 (1.02–1.89)

1.44 (1.04–1.99)

Four sweeps

29.0 (106)

1.68 (1.36–2.07)

1.69 (1.37–2.08)

1.71 (1.38–2.11)

Paternal full-time employment

    

Nonea

17.8 (36)

1

1

1

One sweep

18.4 (28)

1.03 (0.60–1.79)

1.04 (0.60–1.80)

1.06 (0.61–1.84)

Two sweeps

11.8 (32)

0.66 (0.39–1.13)

0.65 (0.38–1.11)

0.70 (0.41–1.18)

Three sweeps

20.4 (118)

1.15 (0.79–1.67)

1.14 (0.78–1.65)

1.18 (0.82–1.70)

Four sweeps

18.1 (755)

1.01 (0.71–1.44)

1.01 (0.71–1.45)

1.11 (0.79–1.56)

  1. aBaseline group: no sweeps at which full-time employment was reported by the parent
  2. bConfounders: maternal ethnicity, highest qualification, pre-pregnancy bodysize, smoking in pregnancy, birthweight, duration breastfeeding, solids at 4-months