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Table 2 Mediation of the associations between timing of solid foods introduction and childhood BMI Z-score by trajectory of BMI Z-score change during the first year of corrected age

From: Integration of an interpretable machine learning algorithm to identify early life risk factors of childhood obesity among preterm infants: a prospective birth cohort

 

Coefficient

Standard error

p values

Bootstrap 95% CI

Effect ratio

Total effect

− 0.12

− 0.05

0.01

Direct effect

− 0.02

0.02

0.31

Indirect effect

− 0.09

0.04

0.02

(− 0.17, − 0.01)

0.80

  1. Analyses are adjusted for mode of delivery, gestational age, age at birth of offspring, maternal education status, occupation, parity, maternal BMI at enrollment, maternal smoking status, maternal drinking status, and newborn birth weight