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Table 5 Predictors of BMI trajectory characteristics, from multivariable linear regression models that include all covariates in the table

From: Childhood body mass index trajectories: modeling, characterizing, pairwise correlations and socio-demographic predictors of trajectory characteristics

  

Mean difference in the BMI trajectory characteristic (95% confidence interval)

  

Girls(vs boys)

Race/ethnicity (vs white)

Year of birth (vs 1979 ~ 1984)

Z-score of birth weight

Medicaid (vs non-Medicaid)

BMI trajectory characteristics

na

 

Black

Other

1985 ~ 1989

1990 ~ 1994

  

1 week to infancy peak

        

Age at infancy peak, months

2128

0.2 (0.2, 0.3)

-0.1 (-0.2, 0.1)

-0.1 (-0.3, 0.0)

0.0 (-0.2, 0.1)

0.0 (-0.1, 0.2)

0.0 (0.0, 0.1)

0.1 (-0.1, 0.4)

BMI at infancy peak, kg/m2

2128

-0.5 (-0.6, -0.4)

0.0 (-0.2, 0.1)

0.0 (-0.1, 0.2)

0.2 (0.0, 0.3)

0.1 (0.0, 0.3)

0.2 (0.2, 0.3)

0.1 (-0.1, 0.3)

Change in BMI, kg/m2

2128

-2.2 (-2.6, -1.7)

-0.1 (-0.9, 0.6)

0.3 (-0.5, 1.0)

0.7 (0.1, 1.4)

0.2 (-0.5, 0.9)

-1.4 (-1.7, -1.2)

-0.3 (-1.4, 0.8)

Velocity, 10-2 kg/m2/month

2128

-35.4 (-41.7, -29.1)

-0.5 (-12.6, 11.5)

7.1 (-4.9, 19.1)

12.9 (2.7, 23.2)

3.1 (-7.1, 13.2)

-21.4 (-24.6, -18.2)

-7.1 (-23.8, 9.5)

Area under curve (kg/m2-months)

2128

1 (0, 3)

0 (-3, 3)

-2 (-5, 1)

1 (-2, 3)

2 (-1, 4)

3 (2, 3)

3 (-1, 7)

Infancy peak to adiposity rebound

        

Age at adiposity rebound, months

2063

-2.1 (-3.0, -1.1)

-3.3 (-5.3, -1.3)

-1.6 (-3.5, 0.3)

0.1 (-1.5, 1.6)

-0.2 (-1.8, 1.4)

-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1)

-1.9 (-4.5, 0.8)

BMI at adiposity rebound, kg/m2

2063

-0.1 (-0.2, 0.0)

0.2 (0.0, 0.4)

0.0 (-0.2, 0.2)

0.2 (0.0, 0.3)

0.2 (0.0, 0.3)

0.3 (0.3, 0.4)

0.3 (0.0, 0.6)

Age difference, months

2063

-2.3 (-3.3, -1.3)

-3.2 (-5.2, -1.2)

-1.4 (-3.4, 0.5)

0.1 (-1.5, 1.7)

-0.2 (-1.8, 1.4)

-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1)

-2.0 (-4.7, 0.7)

Change in BMI, kg/m2

2063

0.3 (0.3, 0.4)

0.2 (0.0, 0.3)

0.0 (-0.1, 0.2)

0.0 (-0.1, 0.1)

0.0 (-0.1, 0.1)

0.1 (0.0, 0.1)

0.2 (0.0, 0.4)

Velocity, 10-2 kg/m2/month

2063

0.6 (0.5, 0.7)

0.1 (-0.1, 0.2)

-0.1 (-0.2, 0.1)

0.0 (-0.2, 0.1)

0.0 (-0.1, 0.2)

0.1 (0.0, 0.1)

0.2 (0.0, 0.4)

Area under curve (kg/m2-months)

2063

-46 (-61, -31)

-48 (-78, -18)

-25 (-53, 4)

7 (-17, 31)

1 (-23, 25)

1 (-7, 9)

-24 (-65, 16)

Adiposity rebound to age 18 years

        

Change in BMI, kg/m2

2063

-0.3 (-0.5, 0.0)

0.9 (0.4, 1.4)

0.4 (0.0, 0.9)

0.1 (-0.3, 0.5)

0.1 (-0.3, 0.5)

0.1 (0.0, 0.2)

0.4 (-0.2, 1.1)

Velocity, 10-2 kg/m2/month

2063

-0.1 (-0.1, 0.0)

0.3 (0.1, 0.4)

0.1 (0.0, 0.3)

0.0 (-0.1, 0.1)

0.0 (-0.1, 0.1)

0.0 (0.0, 0.1)

0.1 (-0.1, 0.3)

Area under curve (kg/m2-months)

2063

-6 (-55, 42)

162 (65, 258)

70 (-23, 163)

32 (-47, 110)

44 (-34, 121)

70 (45, 94)

115 (-15, 246)

  1. a Sample size reduced due to missing data on race/ethnicity (15.3%) and birth weight (22.7%)