Early life factors and being overweight at 4 years of age among children in Malmö, Sweden

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of being overweight at 4-years of age by presence of high birth weight and presence of parental overweight, Malmö, Sweden.

	Parents normal-weight		At least one parent with an overweight*
	High birth weight (>4000 g)		High birth weight (>4000 g)
	No	Yes	No	Yes
	OR; 95% CI*	OR; 95% CI	OR; 95% CI	OR; 95% CI
Adjusted for sex and year	1.00†	1.27 (0.88, 1.83)	1.73 (1.45, 2.06)	2.96 (2.37, 3.69)§
Adjusted model‡	1.00†	1.26 (0.86, 1.86)	1.74 (1.44, 2.11)	2.76 (2.17, 3.52)§

* OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; parental overweight was defined as having a BMI > 25 kg/m^2. † Reference level.
‡ Adjusted for year, sex, maternal educational level, parents' country of birth, crowded living, being firstborn, having taken part of parental educational program, economic stress, and intake of sweetened beverages.
§ Statistically significantly different (p < 0.05) from the category: At least one parent with an overweight and no high birth weight.

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