Neighborhood-Level Poverty at Menarche and Prepregnancy Obesity in African-American Women

Table 2

Association of neighborhood-level poverty (in quartiles) at menarche with body mass index category.

Neighborhood-level poverty in quartiles at menarche	⁢Model I		⁢Model II		⁢Model III
	OR [95% CI OR]		OR [95% CI OR]		OR [95% CI OR]
4 versus 1	2.9 [1.2, 6.9]	0.049	2.6 [1.0, 6.7]	0.048	2.3 [0.9, 6.3]	0.091
3 versus 1	1.7 [0.7, 4.1]	0.870	2.5 [1.0, 6.7]	0.057	1.9 [0.7, 5.2]	0.214
2 versus 1	1.5 [0.6, 3.6]	0.752	2.5 [1.0, 6.6]	0.054	2.3 [0.9, 6.0]	0.101

Model I is unadjusted, Model II is adjusted for maternal age, marital status, and maternal education, and Model III is additionally adjusted for parity.
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.