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Table 1 Associations of maternal and infant characteristics with birth-weight-for-gestational-age (BW/GA) z-score in project Viva infants (n = 476)

From: Birth weight-for-gestational age is associated with DNA methylation at birth and in childhood

 

N (%)

Unadjusted effect estimate (95% CI)

Adjusteda effect estimate (95% CI)

Maternal age at enrollment, years

 <25

46 (9.7)

−0.57 (−0.88,−0.27)

−0.22 (−0.56, 0.13)

 25–<30

99 (20.8)

−0.10 (−0.33, 0.13)

−0.02 (−0.25, 0.21)

 30–<35

192 (40.3)

0.0 (ref)

0.0 (ref)

 35–<40

108 (22.7)

−0.02 (−0.24, 0.21)

−0.09 (−0.31, 0.14)

 ≥40

31 (6.5)

−0.06 (−0.42, 0.30)

−0.14 (−0.49, 0.22)

Maternal race/ethnicity

 White

338 (71.0)

0.0 (ref)

0.0 (ref)

 Black

56 (11.8)

−0.29 (−0.56,−0.02)

−0.26 (−0.55, 0.02)

 Hispanic

37 (7.8)

−0.16 (−0.48, 0.17)

−0.15 (−0.48, 0.18)

 Other

45 (9.5)

−0.31 (−0.61,−0.02)

−0.15 (−0.45, 0.15)

Education

 Less than college graduate

161 (33.8)

−0.16 (−0.34, 0.02)

−0.16 (−0.37, 0.05)

 ≥College graduate

315 (66.2)

0.0 (ref)

0.0 (ref)

Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI category

 <18.5

18 (3.8)

−0.40 (−0.85, 0.06)

−0.33 (−0.78, 0.12)

 18.5–<25

285 (59.9)

0.0 (ref)

0.0 (ref)

 25–<30

105 (22.1)

0.26 (0.05, 0.48)

0.28 (0.06, 0.49)

 ≥30

68 (14.3)

0.27 (0.01, 0.52)

0.28 (0.02, 0.54)

Smoking status

 Never

324 (68.1)

0.0 (ref)

0.0 (ref)

 Former

100 (21.0)

0.03 (−0.18, 0.25)

−0.07 (−0.28, 0.14)

 During pregnancy

52 (10.9)

−0.20 (−0.48, 0.08)

−0.12 (−0.41, 0.17)

Maternal glucose tolerance

 Normal

391 (82.1)

0.0 (ref)

0.0 (ref)

 Isolated hyperglycemia

45 (9.5)

0.28 (−0.01, 0.58)

0.24 (−0.06, 0.53)

 Impaired glucose tolerance or gestational diabetes

40 (8.4)

0.26 (−0.05, 0.57)

0.19 (−0.12, 0.50)

Parity

 ≥1

254 (53.4)

0.42 (0.25, 0.59)

0.41 (0.23, 0.59)

 0

222 (46.6)

0.0 (ref)

0.0 (ref)

Mode of delivery

 Vaginal

397 (83.4)

0.00 (−0.24, 0.23)

0.04 (−0.18, 0.27)

 Cesarean section

79 (16.6)

0.0 (ref)

0.0 (ref)

Child sex

 Male

248 (52.1)

−0.07 (−0.25, 0.10)

−0.07 (−0.24, 0.10)

 Female

228 (47.9)

0.0 (ref)

0.0 (ref)

  1. aEstimates of effect were simultaneously adjusted for all other characteristics in the table