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Table 4 Adjusted risk ratios of adverse health outcomes in the first grade in primary school for children with different durations (months) of any breastfeeding within their first 24 months

From: Breastfeeding is associated with reduced risks of central obesity and hypertension in young school-aged children: a large, population-based study

Outcomes

Four months or longer

(n = 4881)

Six months or longer

(n = 4269)

Nine months or longer

(n = 3071)

12 months or longer

(n = 1320)

18 months or longer

(n = 319)

24 months or longer

(n = 83)

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Overweight or obesity

1.00

0.96 (0.79, 1.18)

1.00

1.02 (0.88, 1.18)

1.00

1.04 (0.92, 1.16)

1.00

0.89 (0.78, 1.02)

1.00

0.82 (0.63, 1.07)

1.00

0.66 (0.37, 1.18)

Obesity

1.37 (0.88, 2.13)

1.10 (0.83, 1.46)

1.06 (0.85, 1.32)

0.91 (0.70, 1.18)

0.93 (0.57, 1.52)

0.90 (0.34, 2.33)

Central obesity defined by the 90th waist circumference percentile

1.43 (0.93, 2.19)

1.11 (0.88, 1.41)

1.03 (0.86, 1.24)

0.83 (0.63, 1.10)

0.98 (0.73, 1.31)

1.22 (0.73, 2.06)

Central obesity defined by WHTR ≥ 0.5

1.51 (0.92, 2.48)

1.19 (0.90, 1.58)

0.96 (0.77, 1.19)

0.76 (0.55, 1.06)

0.67 (0.43, 1.06)

0.73 (0.30, 1.76)

Elevated systolic blood pressure or stage 1 & 2 hypertension

0.98 (0.81, 1.19)

1.10 (0.96, 1.27)

0.99 (0.89, 1.10)

0.84 (0.74, 0.96)*

0.90 (0.71, 1.14)

0.85 (0.53, 1.36)

Stage 1 & 2 hypertension - systolic blood pressure

1.01 (0.78, 1.30)

1.13 (0.94, 1.36)

0.96 (0.84, 1.11)

0.83 (0.70, 0.98)*

0.91 (0.67, 1.24)

0.93 (0.52, 1.66)

Elevated diastolic blood pressure or stage 1 & 2 hypertension

1.01 (0.83, 1.22)

1.05 (0.92, 1.21)

1.04 (0.93, 1.16)

0.88 (0.78, 1.00)

0.82 (0.64, 1.05)

0.81 (0.50, 1.31)

Stage 1 & 2 hypertension - diastolic blood pressure

1.06 (0.78, 1.44)

1.13 (0.91, 1.41)

1.10 (0.92, 1.31)

0.96 (0.78, 1.17)

0.98 (0.68, 1.42)

0.81 (0.37, 1.75)

  1. CI: confidence interval; RR: risk ratio; WHTR: waist-to-height ratio; *: P-value < 0.05
  2. Full model adjusted for sex, age at the health check, birth weight, delivery mode, maternal age, and parental education levels. For the outcomes of central obesity and blood pressure, we also adjusted the BMI value obtained at the children’s first school health check