Infants Born Large for Gestational Age and Developmental Attainment in Early Childhood

Table 3

Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (95% CI) for externalizing behaviour problems in girls and boys aged 4-5 years.

Variables	Girls		Boys
		Adjusted		Adjusted
	Unadjusted ORs (95% CI)	ORs (95% CI)	Unadjusted ORs (95% CI)	ORs (95% CI)
		Adjusted		Adjusted
		Size for gestational age
Appropriate for gestational age	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Large for gestational age	1.11 (0.49, 2.49)	1.24 (0.52, 2.93)	0.97 (0.53, 1.79)	1.24 (0.66, 2.36)
Prenatal
Marital status
Married	Ref	Ref	Ref	NS
Living common law	1.51 (0.79, 2.86)	1.61 (0.77, 3.36)	1.53 (0.84, 2.79)
Widowed/separated/divorced/single	0.39 (0.15, 1.01)	0.22 (0.07, 0.68)	0.81 (0.37, 1.81)
Maternal diabetes
Yes	3.27 (1.34, 7.98)	NS	NS	NS
No	Ref
Smoking during pregnancy
Yes	1.92 (0.99, 3.74)	3.33 (1.60, 6.94)	2.33 (1.27, 4.29)	2.12 (1.09, 4.13)
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Alcohol use during pregnancy
Yes	1.88 (1.01, 3.48)	NS	NS	NS
No	Ref
Postnatal
How often you read to this child?
Rarely, never, or a few times a month	2.47 (0.83, 7.39)	NS	1.55 (0.68, 3.53)	NS
Once a week or a few times a week	1.41 (0.78, 2.54)		1.46 (0.87, 2.47)
Daily	Ref		Ref
Maternal depression	1.05 (0.99, 1.11)	NS	1.06 (1.01, 1.11)	1.05 (1.00, 1.10)
Parenting (positive interactions)	0.86 (0.76, 0.98)	NS	0.92 (0.82, 1.03)	NS
Parenting (ineffective)	1.18 (1.09, 1.28)	1.24 (1.14, 1.34)	1.24 (1.15, 1.33)	1.18 (1.08, 1.28)
Parenting (rationality)	1.22 (1.06, 1.39)	NS	1.29 (1.16, 1.43)	1.15 (1.01, 1.29)

, , and NS = not significant at level.