Research Article
Adolescent Metabolic Syndrome Risk Is Increased with Higher Infancy Weight Gain and Decreased with Longer Breast Feeding
Table 2
Linear regression models to determine adjusted associations with adolescent MetS risk (
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| | Initial model | Final model | | β | 95% CI | β | 95% CI |
| Change in weight 0–3 months (kg) | 0.15 | −0.01, 0.31 | 0.16 | 0.04, 0.27 | Exclusively breastfed 90 days | −0.19 | −0.36, −0.03 | −0.16 | −0.29, −0.04 | Male | 0.23 | 0.05, 0.01 | 0.24 | 0.11, 0.37 | Birth weight (kg) | 0.09 | −0.14, 0.04 | | | Maternal education | 0.01 | −0.01, 0.01 | | | Mother’s age | 0.00 | −0.01, 0.01 | | | Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI | 0.02 | −0.01, 0.05 | | | Family history of type 2 diabetes | 0.10 | −0.10, 0.27 | | | Family history of dyslipidemia | 0.00 | −0.17, 0.18 | | | Family history of heart attack | −0.06 | −0.23, 0.10 | | | Ever iron deficiency in infancy | −0.09 | −0.35, 0.16 | | | Iron supplemented in infancy | 0.02 | −0.16, 0.20 | | |
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