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Table 4 RRRs (95 % CIs) for thinness by SECs, before and after adjustment for pre- and post-natal covariates (MCS, age 3, 5 and 7 years’ sweeps combined), N = 14515

From: Disadvantaged children at greater relative risk of thinness (as well as obesity): a secondary data analysis of the England National Child Measurement Programme and the UK Millennium Cohort Study

 

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

Unadjusted (excluding South Asian and ‘Other’ ethnicities)

Adjusteda (excluding South Asian and ‘Other’ ethnicities)

Maternal education

Degree

-

-

 

-

Diploma

0.84 (0.66,1.06)

0.86 (0.68,1.09)

0.92 (0.71, 1.19)

0.95 (0.73,1.23)

A Level

0.9 (0.7,1.15)

0.94 (0.73,1.21)

0.91 (0.69, 1.2)

0.97 (0.74,1.29)

GCSE A*-C

0.91 (0.76,1.08)

1 (0.83,1.19)

0.93 (0.76, 1.13)

1 (0.82,1.23)

GCSE D-G

0.9 (0.7,1.15)

1.08 (0.83,1.39)

0.95 (0.73, 1.24)

1.11 (0.83,1.48)

Other academic

1.72 (1.31,2.27)

1.81 (1.37,2.41)

1.31 (0.92, 1.87)

1.47 (1.03,2.1)

None

1.46 (1.19,1.8)

1.68 (1.32,2.13)

1.31 (1.02, 1.67)

1.49 (1.12,1.99)

Income quintiles (household equivalised)

Top 20 %

-

-

 

-

2

0.91 (0.76,1.08)

0.95 (0.79,1.13)

0.88 (0.73, 1.06)

0.93 (0.77,1.13)

3

0.97 (0.81,1.16)

1.07 (0.89,1.3)

0.86 (0.7, 1.05)

0.96 (0.78,1.18)

4

1.27 (1.07,1.5)

1.47 (1.22,1.77)

0.97 (0.8, 1.17)

1.13 (0.92,1.4)

Bottom 20 %

1.46 (1.22,1.74)

1.74 (1.43,2.12)

1.15 (0.94, 1.4)

1.35 (1.08,1.7)

IMD quintiles (England only)

Top 20 %

-

-

 

-

2

1.15 (0.89,1.49)

1.17 (0.91,1.52)

1.05 (0.8, 1.39)

1.06 (0.8,1.39)

3

0.94 (0.72,1.23)

0.94 (0.72,1.23)

0.73 (0.54,0.97)

0.72 (0.54,0.97)

4

1.42 (1.12,1.81)

1.47 (1.14,1.88)

0.99 (0.75, 1.3)

0.99 (0.74,1.31)

Bottom 20 %

1.74 (1.38,2.18)

1.78 (1.4,2.27)

0.94 (0.72, 1.23)

0.96 (0.72,1.27)

Maternal social class (NS-SEC)

I (Managerial & prof.)

-

-

 

-

II

1.12 (0.93,1.34)

1.16 (0.97,1.4)

0.99 (0.81, 1.2)

1.05 (0.86,1.29)

III

1.11 (0.95,1.3)

1.31 (1.11,1.56)

1.08 (0.92, 1.28)

1.27 (1.05,1.54)

L/T unemployed

2.56 (2.07,3.16)

2.78 (2.19,3.53)

1.64 (1.21, 2.21)

2 (1.43,2.79)

  1. Sample, all children (total observations, children): Maternal education: 28805, 12613; income: 28719, 12603; Social class: 28671, 12547; IMD: 18066, 7819
  2. Sample, excluding South Asian and ‘Other’ ethnicities (total observations, children): Maternal education: 26329, 11506; income: 26257, 11500; Social class: 26219, 11453; IMD: 15709, 6768
  3. aAdjusting for mother’s pre-pregnancy BMI, maternal age at MCS birth, smoking in pregnancy, alcohol in pregnancy, birthweight, gestational age, breastfeeding