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Table 3 Associations between maternal educational level and health outcomes at ages 0 to 8

From: The development of socio-economic health differences in childhood: results of the Dutch longitudinal PIAMA birth cohort

Ā 

Health outcomes

Ā 

Eczema

Asthma

symptoms

Poor general

health

Frequent

respiratory

infections

Overweightc

Obesity

Maternal educational level

ORa (CIb)

ORa (CIb)

ORa (CIb)

ORa (CIb)

ORa (CIb)

ORa (CIb)

Low

1.00 (0.86-1.17)

1.27 (1.08-1.49)

1.36 (1.16-1.60)

1.57 (1.35-1.83)

1.42 (1.16-1.73)

2.82 (1.80-4.41)

Intermediate

1.00 (0.88-1.14)

1.16 (1.00-1.34)

1.11 (0.96-1.27)

1.17 (1.02-1.34)

1.16 (0.96-1.40)

1.71 (1.11-2.63)

High

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

  1. a odds ratio of GEE analyses, adjusted for sex of the child
  2. b 95% confidence intervals of the odds ratio
  3. c overweight includes obesity