Infancy weight gain, parental socioeconomic position, and childhood overweight and obesity: a Danish register-based cohort study

Table 3 Childhood overweight and obesity risk, stratified by level of socioeconomic position

Weight gain category	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
	ISCED 0–2		ISCED 4		ISCED 5–6		ISCED 7–8
Slow	0.28	0.18–0.41	0.21	0.13–0.35	0.28	0.18–0.44	0.34	0.18–0.64
Mean	1	–	1	–	1	–	1	–
Rapid	2.99	2.38–3.77	3.02	2.23–4.09	2.88	2.09–3.96	4.14	2.61–6.56
Very rapid	7.47	5.92–9.42	7.32	5.34–10.02	6.88	4.95–9.56	11.84	7.38–19.00
	Low income quartile		Low-middle income quartile		High-middle income quartile		High income quartile
Slow	0.26	0.15–0.43	0.16	0.09–0.27	0.36	0.24–0.54	0.29	0.18–0.47
Mean	1	–	1	–	1	–	1	–
Rapid	2.68	2.01–3.56	3.02	2.21–4.13	3.55	2.64–4.76	3.31	2.41–4.54
Very rapid	7.31	5.50–9.71	8.86	6.47–12.12	7.23	5.29–9.89	7.93	5.69–11.04

Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of overweight and obesity risk at follow-up (22–26 months) in the study population (n = 19,894), stratified on level of socioeconomic position, and based on fully adjusted models and imputed data. Abbreviations: ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education)

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