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Table 2 Unadjusted association of gestational age acceleration (GAA) with predicted offspring weight and length/height at multiple ages (n = 785)

From: Epigenetic gestational age and trajectories of weight and height during childhood: a prospective cohort study

 

Mean (SD)

[Offspring with no GAA]

Mean difference (95% CI) per week increase in GAA

Weight (kg)

  Birth

3.38 (0.31)

0.15 (0.09, 0.20)

  3 months

6.01 (0.62)

0.10 (0.01, 0.18)

  6 months

7.34 (0.72)

0.10 (0.02, 0.18)

  9 months

8.67 (0.88)

0.09 (0.0002, 0.19)

  1 year

9.99 (1.07)

0.09 (− 0.03, 0.21)

  3 years

14.62 (1.53)

0.09 (− 0.08, 0.26)

  4 years

16.91 (1.93)

0.10 (− 0.09, 0.28)

  5 years

19.21 (2.48)

0.10 (− 0.12, 0.33)

  6 years

21.51 (3.11)

0.11 (− 0.18, 0.41)

  7 years

23.80 (3.78)

0.12 (− 0.25, 0.49)

  8 years

27.71 (4.76)

− 0.006 (− 0.39, 0.38)

  9 years

31.62 (5.93)

− 0.13 (− 0.61, 0.34)

  10 years

35.53 (7.20)

− 0.26 (− 0.86, 0.35)

Height (cm)

  Birth

50.17 (1.33)

0.55 (0.33, 0.78)

  3 months

61.07 (1.50)

0.34 (0.08, 0.60)

  6 months

65.86 (1.71)

0.24 (0.01, 0.46)

  9 months

70.65 (2.01)

0.13 (− 0.11, 0.37)

  1 year

75.44 (2.37)

0.03 (− 0.27, 0.33)

  3 years

95.71 (3.33)

0.15 (− 0.24, 0.55)

  4 years

102.25 (3.56)

0.14 (− 0.25, 0.52)

  5 years

108.81 (3.83)

0.12 (− 0.27, 0.51)

  6 years

115.36 (4.13)

0.11 (− 0.30, 0.51)

  7 years

121.91 (4.46)

0.09 (− 0.34, 0.52)

  8 years

128.47 (4.82)

0.07 (− 0.40, 0.55)

  9 years

135.02 (5.19)

0.06 (− 0.46, 0.57)

  10 years

141.57 (5.57)

0.04 (− 0.52, 0.61)

  1. Offspring height and weight values are predicted from the multilevel models. There was no evidence of a gender interaction for the association between GAA and height/weight trajectories and thus, all values presented are for females. Reference category is females with no GAA (no difference between EGA and actual gestational age). Weight is in kilogrammes, length/height is in centimetres