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Table 2 Associations between overweight and obesity category in urban and rural children at age 8 years and rapid weight gain from birth to 1 year

From: Early rapid weight gain and subsequent overweight and obesity in middle childhood in Peru

 

Urban

Rural

 

Null

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

Null

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

   

Model 1

Model 2

  

Model 1

Model 2

QICCb

1425.13

1388.17

1236.54

1221.06

322.91

318.36

307.74

300.37

Intercept

0.498

0.365

0.353

0.439

0.160

0.126

0.102

0.077

Weight gain >0.67 SD from birth to 1 year

 

2.27 (<0.001)c

2.10 (<0.001)

2.06 (<0.001)

 

2.29 (<0.001)

2.10 (0.003)

2.60 (0.001)

Sex female

  

0.55 (<0.001)

0.55 (<0.001)

  

0.62 (0.001)

0.70 (0.004)

BMI of the mother

  

1.62 (<0.001)

1.55 (<0.001)

  

1.49 (<0.001)

1.59 (<0.001)

Height for age (child) at 8 years

  

1.80 (<0.001)

1.73 (<0.001)

    

Wealth index at 8 years

   

1.50 (<0.001)

    

Number of days of active exercise at 8 years

  

0.87 (0.037)

     

Mothers education level category (compared with incomplete primary school):

 Further education

  

1.93 (0.016)

   

0.89 (0.895)

0.63 (0.629)

 Completed secondary school

  

1.23 (0.500)

   

1.44 (0.460)

1.16 (0.773)

 Incomplete secondary school

  

1.20 (0.519)

   

0.53 (0.130)

0.47 (0.077)

 Completed primary school

  

0.88 (0.526)

   

0.41 (0.015)

0.31 (0.002)

Frequency of having soda drinks at 8 years (compared with <1 per 2 weeks)

 > 1 per week (frequent)

      

3.94 (0.001)

 

 ≥ 1 per 2 weeks (less frequent)

      

1.73 (0.031)

 

Fast food consumption at 8 years (compared with <1 per 2 weeks)

 > 1 per week (frequent)

       

5.11 (<0.001)

 ≥ 1 per 2 weeks (less frequent)

       

2.81 (<0.001)

  1. aValues given in the table indicate that this variable was adjusted for in the model
  2. bQuasi likelihood under independence model criterion
  3. cNumbers represent odds ratios and (p-values)