Table 3 Estimated coefficients of the concatenated multivariable regressions from module 2 (M2)

EHII

0.31 [0.11 to 0.51]

− 0.55 [− 0.99 to − 0.10]

− 0.60 [− 1.58 to 0.39]

1.36 [0.07 to 2.65]

− 0.31 [− 0.57 to − 0.05]

− 0.52 [− 0.93 to − 0.10]

− 0.85 [− 1.58 to − 0.12]

Mother’s age

− 0.05 [− 0.06 to − 0.04]

0.03 [0.01 to 0.06]

− 0.05 [− 0.11 to − 0.00]

− 0.02 [− 0.09 to 0.05]

− 0.00 [− 0.02 to 0.01]

0.00 [− 0.02 to 0.03]

− 0.01 [− 0.05 to 0.03]

Mother’s country of birth

0.02 [− 0.19 to 0.22]

0.65 [0.11 to 1.19]

1.88 [0.66 to 3.09]

− 1.30 [− 2.82 to 0.23]

− 0.20 [− 0.54 to 0.14]

− 0.01 [− 0.62 to 0.61]

0.17 [− 0.87 to 1.22]

Sex

− 0.05 [− 0.13 to 0.04]

− 1.39 [− 1.58 to − 1.19]

− 4.46 [− 4.90 to − 4.02]

− 1.47 [− 2.07 to − 0.86]

0.29 [0.18 to 0.41]

0.16* [− 0.01 to 0.34]

− 0.12 [− 0.40 to 0.17]

Gestational age at birth (weeks)

1.70 [1.63 to 1.76]

− 0.46 [− 0.62 to − 0.29]

Birth weight (kg)

0.89 [0.83 to 0.94]

0.23 [0.16 to 0.30]

Weight at 6 months (kg)

0.83 [0.79 to 0.87]

0.01 [0.00 to 0.02]

Weight at 18 months (kg)

0.05 [0.05 to 0.06]

0.02 [0.01 to 0.03]

Body mass index at 48 months

0.55 [0.48 to 0.63]

0.27 [0.15 to 0.39]

Body mass index at 84 months

0.77 [0.67 to 0.88]

Constant

38.83 [37.39 to 40.27]

− 31.01 [− 34.98 to − 27.03]

73.19 [64.52 to 81.86]

32.69 [22.92 to 42.47]

10.70 [8.75 to 12.66]

8.73 [5.55 to 11.92]

7.62 [2.03 to 13.22]

Observations

6387

6202

5173

4141

2923

1621

658

R²

0.01

0.37

0.28

0.46

0.20

0.26

0.49