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Research Article

Exclusive Breastfeeding and Other Foods in the First Six Months of Life: Effects on Nutritional Status and Body Composition of Brazilian Children

Table 3

Prevalence of BMI/A changes, percentage of total body fat, from android region and waist circumference, and Crude odds ratio (confidence interval of 95%) according to maternal, pregnancy and birth variables, sex, age, and occurrence of hospitalizations of children from 4 to 7 years of age, Viçosa, MG, Brazil, 2010/11.


Variables	BMI/A (-score)				% of body fat¹				% of fat in android region¹				Waist circumference¹
Variables	>+1 (%)	≤+1 (%)	OR (IC 95%)	value	≥P85 (%)	<P85 (%)	OR (IC 95%)	value	≥P85 (%)	<P85 (%)	OR (IC 95%)	value	≥P85 (%)	<P85 (%)	OR (IC 95%)	value

Pregestational BMI (kg/m²)²
<24,99	29 (18,7)	126 (81,3)	1,00	0,016	23 (14,8)	132 (85,2)	1,00	1,000*	23 (14,8)	132 (85,2)	1,00	1,000*	19 (12,3)	136 (87,7)	1,00	0,010
≥25,00	10 (40,0)	15 (60,0)	2,89 (1,18–7,09)	0,016	3 (12,0)	22 (88,0)	0,78 (0,21–2,82)	1,000*	3 (12,0)	22 (88,0)	0,78 (0,21–2,82)	1,000*	8 (32,0)	17 (68,0)	3,36 (1,28–8,86)	0,010
Gestational weight gain³
Not excessive	22 (16,2)	114 (83,8)	1,00	0,004	14 (10,3)	122 (89,7)	1,00	0,003	15 (11,0)	121 (89,0)	1,00	0,014	15 (11,0)	121 (89,0)	1,00	0,005
Excessive	14 (37,8)	23 (62,2)	3,15 (1,41–7,06)	0,004	11 (29,7)	26 (70,3)	3,68 (1,50–9,03)	0,003	10 (27,0)	27 (73,0)	2,98 (1,21–7,36)	0,014	11 (29,7)	26 (70,3)	3,41 (1,40–8,27)	0,005
Mother’s smoking during pregnancy⁴
No	34 (19,9)	137 (80,1)	1,00	0,275*	25 (14,6)	146 (85,4)	1,00	1,000*	25 (14,6)	146 (85,4)	1,00	1,000*	25 (14,6)	146 (85,4)	1,00	0,692*
Yes	4 (33,3)	8 (66,7)	2,01 (0,57–7,08)	0,275*	1 (8,3)	11 (91,7)	0,53 (0,06–4,29)	1,000*	1 (8,3)	11 (91,7)	0,53 (0,06–4,29)	1,000*	2 (16,7)	10 (83,3)	1,16 (0,24–5,65)	0,692*
Birth weight (g)
2500–2999	8 (12,9)	54 (87,1)	1,00	0,136	5 (8,1)	57 (91,9)	1,00	0,248	7 (11,3)	55 (88,7)	1,00	0,737	7 (11,3)	55 (88,7)	1,00
3000–3499	17 (27,0)	46 (73,0)	2,49 (0,98–6,31)	0,136	11 (17,5)	52 (82,5)	2,41 (0,78–7,40)	0,248	10 (15,9)	53 (84,1)	1,48 (0,52–4,18)	0,737	10 (15,9)	53 (84,1)	1,48 (0,52–4,18)	0,660 0,400**
3500–3999	14 (23,1)	46 (76,9)	2,05 (0,79–5,33)		10 (16,7)	50 (83,3)	2,28 (0,73–7,12)		9 (15,0)	51 (85,0)	1,38 (0,48–3,99)		10 (16,7)	50 (83,3)	1,57 (0,55–4,42)
Sex
Male	29 (28,7)	72 (71,3)	1,00	0,005	14 (13,9)	87 (86,1)	1,00	0,934	14 (13,9)	87 (86,1)	1,00	0,934	14 (13,9)	87 (86,1)	1,00	0,757
Female	10 (11,9)	74 (88,1)	0,33 (0,15–0,73)	0,005	12 (14,3)	72 (85,7)	1,03 (0,45–2,38)	0,934	12 (14,3)	72 (85,7)	1,03 (0,45–2,38)	0,934	13 (15,5)	71 (84,5)	1,14 (0,50–2,57)	0,757
Age (years)
4-5	13 (15,5)	71 (84,5)	1,00	0,088	12 (14,3)	72 (85,7)	1,00	0,934	12 (14,3)	72 (85,7)	1,00	0,934	13 (15,5)	71 (84,5)	1,00	0,757
6-7	26 (25,7)	75 (74,3)	1,89 (0,90–3,97)		14 (13,9)	87 (86,1)	0,96 (0,42–2,21)		14 (13,9)	87 (86,1)	0,96 (0,42–2,21)		14 (13,9)	87 (86,1)	0,88 (0,38–1,99)
Hospitalizations
Yes	14 (18,9)	60 (81,1)	1,00	0,556	10 (13,5)	64 (86,5)	1,00	0,863	10 (13,5)	64 (86,5)	1,00	0,863	10 (13,5)	64 (86,5)	1,00	0,734
No	25 (22,5)	86 (77,5)	1,24 (0,59–2,59)		16 (14,4)	95 (85,6)	1,08 (0,46–2,52)		16 (14,4)	95 (85,6)	1,08 (0,46–2,52)		17 (15,3)	94 (84,7)	1,15 (0,49–2,69)

BMI: body mass index; A: age; OR: odds ratio; IC: interval of confidence; values derived from Chi-square test, Fisher’s Exact* and of linear tendency**; ¹percentiles calculated from among sample children by sex and age; ²; ³; ⁴. Values in bold represent statistical significance for inclusion in the multivariate analysis ( 0,20).