Influence of Weight Gain Rate on Early Life Nutritional Status and Body Composition of Children

Table 4

Simple linear regression coefficients and respective confidence intervals for the association between Body Mass Index by age, body fat percentage, percentage of fat in the android region, and waist circumference between 4 and 7 years of age, according to variables in the speed of weight gain, maternity, gestational, birth, and breast feeding of children in Viçosa, MG, 2011-2012.

Variables	BMI/I; (escore-)			Body fat (%)^*			Fat in android region (%)^*			Waist circumference^* (cm)
		IC 95%	value		IC 95%	value		IC 95%	value		IC 95%	value
VGP (g/dia)	0.09	0.06–0.12	<0.001	0.01	0.01–0.03	<0.001	0.02	0.01–0.04	<0.001	0.01	0.00-0.01	<0.001
Number of prenatal visits
≥6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
<6	0.07	−0.24–0.40	0.63	0.03	−0.07–0.14	0.52	0.13	−0.02–0.29	0.10	0.03	−0.00–0.05	0.06
Pregestational BMI (kg/m^2)	0.07	0.03–0.11	<0.001	0.01	−0.00–0.02	0.09	0.02	0.00–0.04	0.03	0.01	0.00-0.01	0.01
Gestational weight gain (kg)
Not Excessive	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Excessive	0.57	0.20–0.93	<0.001	0.16	0.04–0.28	0.01	0.29	0.10–0.47	<0.001	0.04	0.01–0.07	0.01
Birth weight (kg)	0.01	0.00-0.01	<0.001	0.00	−0.00-0.00	0.62	0.00	−0.00-0.00	0.58	0.00	0.00-0.00	0.01
Birth length (cm)	0.08	−0.01–0.17	0.08	0.01	−0.02–0.04	0.47	0.02	−0.03–0.06	0.46	0.01	−0.00–0.01	0.06
AMEP
Yes	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
No	−0.03	−0.42–0.36	0.88	−0.03	−0.16–0.0	0.60	−0.04	−0.24–0.15	0.66	0.00	−0.03–0.04	0.82

VGP = speed of weight gain logarithm; VGC = speed of length; BMI = Body Mass Index; = linear regression coefficient; IC = confidence interval; cm = centimeter; g = gram; ^*in logarithm.