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Table 4 Association between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and child autistic traits

From: Is the association between mothers’ autistic traits and childhood autistic traits moderated by maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index?

 

β for child autistic traits (95% CI)

 

Generation R

 

CUSP

 

Model 1a

    

Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI

.03

( .01; .07)

-.02

( − .19; .14)

Model 2b

    

Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI

.03

( .01; .08)

-.02

( − .23; .13)

Maternal age

 − .06

( − .10; − .02)

-.18

( − .39; .03)

Paternal age

 − .03

( − .07; .01)

.16

( − .07; .39)

Child sex

 − .11

( − .14; − .08)

.08

( − .09; .25)

Birth weight

 − .06

( − .10; .02)

.01

( − .21; .22)

Gestational age

.02

( − .02; .05)

-.04

( − .25; .17)

Apgar score

 − .01

( − .03; .02)

.07

( − .09; .23)

  1. aUnadjusted Model
  2. bAdjusted model with confounders: maternal age, paternal age, child sex, birthweight, gestational age and Apgar score at 5 min
  3. β = standardized beta, 95% CI = 95% confidence interval
  4. Bold denotes statistical significance (p < .05)