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Table 6 Results of regression models predicting waist-to-height ratio, body mass index, and obesity from randomly selected subset of the sibling pair sample, n = 856, Add Health Study 1994–2008

From: Breastfeeding is associated with waist-to-height ratio in young adults

 

Waist-to-height ratio outcome*

Body mass index outcome**

Body mass index ≥ 30 outcome***

 

b

SE

P value

b

SE

P value

OR

95 % CI

P value

Intercept

0.415

0.067

<0.0001

19.782

5.060

<0.0001

0

0

0

Sex

0.042

0.007

<0.0001

0.564

0.524

0.282

1.127

(0.83, 1.53)

0.439

Age

−0.001

0.002

0.665

−0.045

0.147

0.762

0.993

(0.91, 1.08)

0.863

Breastfeeding

−0.025

0.008

0.001

−1.604

0.576

0.005

0.695

(0.50, 0.97)

0.033

Birthweight >2500 g

Reference

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Birthweight <2500 g

0.006

0.010

0.524

0.174

0.749

0.816

1.213

(0.80, 1.85)

0.369

Birthweight Missing

0.011

0.019

0.563

0.988

1.460

0.499

1.129

(0.49, 2.58)

0.774

Parent nonsmoker

Reference

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Parent smoker

0.005

0.010

0.619

0.318

0.784

0.685

0.955

(0.61, 1.50)

0.840

Parent smoking missing

0.005

0.010

0.625

0.724

0.726

0.319

0.998

(0.66, 1.52)

0.994

Non-Hispanic African American

Reference

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Non-Hispanic White

−0.022

0.030

0.455

−2.317

2.228

0.299

0.382

(0.11, 1.37)

0.140

Non-Hispanic Asian/Native American

0.022

0.053

0.682

2.978

3.954

0.452

0.378

(0.3, 4.90)

0.456

Hispanic

−0.034

0.028

0.227

−2.587

2.138

0.227

0.594

(0.17, 2.03)

0.406

Behavioral risk score 4_1

−0.013

0.004

0.001

−0.534

0.305

0.080

0.827

(0.69, 0.99)

0.044

Behavioral risk score 4_2

0.000

0.004

0.990

−0.044

0.328

0.894

1.038

(0.85, 1.27)

0.713

Behavioral risk score 4_3

0.003

0.006

0.616

0.296

0.419

0.480

1.174

(0.92, 1.50)

0.200

Parent socioeconomic status

−0.017

0.008

0.025

−0.975

0.567

0.086

0.653

(0.47, 0.91)

0.011

Maternal obesity

0.039

0.008

<0.0001

3.339

0.619

<0.0001

2.433

(1.72, 3.45)

<0.0001

Genetic risk score

0.005

0.001

<0.0001

0.412

0.080

<0.0001

1.079

(1.03, 1.13)

0.001

Ancestry principal component 1

0.575

0.599

0.338

36.065

45.094

0.424

0

0

0

Ancestry principal component 2

−0.416

0.398

0.297

−8.198

29.971

0.785

0

0

0

Ancestry principal component 3

0.982

0.237

<0.001

67.069

17.867

<0.001

0

0

0

Ancestry principal component 4

0.008

0.164

0.961

4.257

12.316

0.730

0

0

0

Ancestry principal component 5

0.346

0.205

0.092

29.949

15.419

0.052

0

0

0

  1. b (Coefficient) SE (Standard Error) OR (Odds Ratio) 95 % CI (95 % Confidence Interval)
  2. * R-Squared = 0.18
  3. ** R-Squared = 0.13
  4. *** This analysis also controlled for genetic ancestry which is not displayed in the above table