Breastfeeding and complementary feeding associated with body composition in 18–19 years old adolescents in the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort

Orlandi, Silvana Paiva; González-Chica, David A.; Buffarini, Romina; Gonzalez, Maria Cristina; Menezes, Ana Maria Baptista; Barros, Fernando C.; Assunção, Maria Cecília Formoso

doi:10.1186/s40795-017-0201-z

Table 4 Crude and adjusted analyses for fat-free mass index at 18 years according to breastfeeding and introduction of complementary feeding during the first year of life, stratified by sex. 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort

From: Breastfeeding and complementary feeding associated with body composition in 18–19 years old adolescents in the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort

Independent variables	Male				Female
	Crude		Adjusted^a		Crude		Adjusted^a
	β	IC95%	β	IC95%	β	IC95%	β	IC95%
Total breastfeeding (months)		0.011 ^a		0.006 ^a		0.063 ^a		0.079 ^a
Never	Ref. (0)		Ref. (0)		Ref. (0)		Ref. (0)
0.01–1.00	0.79	−0.01, 1.58	0.92	0.08, 1.75	0.60	−0.26, 1.47	0.53	−0.26, 1.32
1.01–3.00	0.31	−0.39, 1.00	0.37	−0.38, 1.11	0.89	0.06, 1.72	0.63	−0.13, 1.39
3.01–6.00	0.04	−0.71, 0.79	0.29	−0.51, 1.08	0.95	0.08, 1.82	0.98	0.18, 1.77
6.01–12.00	0.99	0.18, 1.79	1.20	0.39, 2.01	1.44	0.27, 2.12	1.01	0.13, 1.89
> 12.00	0.75	−0.06, 1.56	0.89	0.04, 1.73	1.09	0.26, 1.92	0.90	0.13, 1.67
Breastfeeding		0.172 ^b		0.083 ^b		0.021 ^a		0.035 ^a
No	Ref. (0)		Ref. (0)		Ref. (0)		Ref. (0)
Yes	0.46	−0.20, 1.12	0.63	−0.08, 1.34	0.94	0.14, 1.73	0.79	0.06, 1.52
Age of introduction of other milks ^c(months)		0.187 ^a		0.368 ^a		0.625 ^a		0.131 ^a
< = 1.00	Ref. (0)		Ref. (0)		Ref. (0)		Ref. (0)
1.01–2.00	−0.52	−0.98, −0.05	−0.40	−0.88, 0.08	0.07	−0.36, 0.50	0.24	−0.17, 0.66
2.01–3.00	−0.34	−0.86, 0.19	−0.08	−0.59, 0.44	0.02	−0.49, 0.54	0.10	−0.40, 0.60
3.01–4.00	−0.59	−1.20, 0.02	−0.39	−0.95, 0.17	0.29	−0.26, 0.85	0.60	0.05, 1.15
4.01–5.00	−0.36	−1.15, 0.43	−0.09	−0.84, 0.67	0.52	−0.23, 1.28	0.73	0.07, 1.39
> 5.00	0.30	−0.84, 1.45	0.57	−0.55, 1.68	−0.18	−0.78, 0.42	0.01	−0.53, 0.55
Age of introduction of other foods ^d (months)		0.280 ^a		0.493 ^a		0.014 ^a		0.036 ^a
< = 1.00	Ref. (0)		Ref. (0)		Ref. (0)		Ref. (0)
1.01–2.00	0.74	−0.12, 1.60	0.66	−0.14, 1.46	−0.08	−0.79, 0.62	0.09	−0.69, 0.51
2.01–3.00	0.44	−0.31, 1.20	0.36	−0.34, 1.05	−0.03	−0.66, 0.59	−0.11	−0.62, 0.40
3.01–4.00	0.58	−0.21, 1.37	0.55	−0.17, 1.28	−0.09	−0.74, 0.56	0.02	−0.53, 0.56
4.01–5.00	0.46	−0.49, 1.41	0.43	−0.41, 1.27	0.24	−0.59, 1.06	0.31	−0.36, 0.98
> 5.00	−0.43	−1.67, 0.81	−0.13	−1.44, 1.18	−1.07	−1.85, −0.28	−0.77	−1.43, −0.11

Abbreviations: β regression coefficient, CI 95% 95% confidence interval
Adjusted for maternal age, maternal skin color, maternal schooling, family income, maternal prepregnancy body mass index, maternal smoking during pregnancy, low birth weight and gestational age
^aTest for heterogeneity. ^bT test. ^cCow milk and formula. ^dFruits and vegetables and others

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