Mean difference in birth weight (kg) and weight growth rates (kg/month) in each time period between ethnic groups (Pakistani relative to white British) by sex estimated from multilevel models
| Mean (SD) unadjusted growth rate for white British group | Unadjusted difference between Pakistani and white British groups | Adjusted for gestational age | Adjusted for smoking during pregnancy | Adjusted for maternal height | Adjusted for all | ||||||
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| Time period | Mean difference | 95% CI | Mean difference | 95% CI | Mean difference | 95% CI | Mean difference | 95% CI | Mean difference | 95% CI | |
| Boys | |||||||||||
| Birth | 3.30 (0.57) | −0.21 | (−0.29 to −0.12) | −0.24 | (−0.31 to −0.16) | −0.29 | (−0.38 to −0.20) | −0.12 | (−0.20 to −0.03) | −0.22 | (−0.30 to −0.15) |
| 0–4 months | 0.98 (0.17) | −0.00 | (−0.03 to 0.03) | −0.00 | (−0.03 to 0.03) | 0.00 | (−0.03 to 0.04) | −0.02 | (−0.02 to 0.05) | 0.02 | (−0.01 to 0.06) |
| 4–9 months | 0.42 (0.12) | −0.01 | (−0.04 to 0.01) | −0.01 | (−0.04 to 0.02) | −0.01 | (−0.03 to 0.02) | −0.01 | (−0.03 to 0.02) | 0.01 | (−0.02 to 0.03) |
| 9–24 months | 0.22 (0.04) | 0.01 | (0.00 to 0.03) | 0.01 | (0.00 to 0.03) | 0.01 | (−0.00 to 0.02) | 0.02 | (0.01 to 0.03) | 0.02 | (0.01 to 0.03) |
| Girls | |||||||||||
| Birth | 3.16 (0.52) | −0.18 | (−0.26 to −0.10) | −0.18 | (−0.25 to −0.11) | −0.25 | (−0.33 to −0.17) | −0.08 | (−0.16 to 0.01) | −0.15 | (−0.23 to −0.08) |
| 0–4 months | 0.83 (0.17) | −0.01 | (−0.04 to 0.02) | −0.01 | (−0.04 to 0.02) | −0.00 | (−0.04 to 0.03) | 0.01 | (−0.02 to 0.04) | 0.02 | (−0.02 to 0.05) |
| 4–9 months | 0.44 (0.12) | −0.02 | (−0.04 to 0.01) | −0.02 | (−0.04 to 0.01) | −0.01 | (−0.04 to 0.02) | −0.01 | (−0.04 to 0.02) | 0.00 | (−0.03 to 0.03) |
| 9–24 months | 0.22 (0.04) | 0.03 | (0.02 to 0.04) | 0.03 | (0.02 to 0.04) | 0.02 | (0.01 to 0.03) | 0.04 | (0.02 to 0.05) | 0.03 | (0.02 to 0.04) |