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

Table 5

Simple linear regression coefficient and respective confidence intervals for the association between Body Mass Index by age, body fat percentage, fat percentage in the android region, and waist circumference between 4 and 7 years of age, according to sociodemographics, 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
Sex
Masculine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Feminine	−0.37	−0.68–−0.62	0.02	0.24	0.14–0.34	0.00	0.24	0.08–0.39	<0.001	−0.02	−0.05–0.01	0.14
Actual age (months)	0.01	−0.00–0.02	0.14	0.01	0.00-0.01	0.02	0.01	0.00-0.01	<0.001	0.00	0.00-0.01	<0.001
Maternal age (years)	−0.01	−0.03–0.02	0.55	0.00	−0.01–0.01	0.84	0.00	−0.01–0.01	0.89	0.00	−0.00-0.00	0.38
Maternal Education
>8 years	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
≤8 years	−0.11	−0.43–2.20	0.47	−0.04	−0.15–0.06	0.39	−0.02	−0.18–0.13	0.76	−0.01	−0.03–0.02	0.67
Paternal Education
>8 years	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
≤8 years	0.13	−0.19–0.45	0.42	0.00	−0.10–0.11	0.93	0.04	−0.12–0.20	0.63	0.02	−0.00–0.05	0.09
Per capita Income (reais)	0.00	−0.00-0.00	0.45	0.00	−0.00-0.00	0.37	−0.00	−0.00-0.00	0.76	0.00	−0.00-0.00	0.70
Place of residence
Rural	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Urban	−0.38	−0.93–0.15	0.16	−0.06	−0.24–0.12	0.50	0.05	−0.22–0.33	0.70	−0.02	−0.07–0.02	0.30

BMI = Body Mass Index; = linear regression coefficient; IC = confidence interval, cm = centimeter; ^*in logarithm.