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Table 4 OLS of the effect of birth weight (categorical variable) and income on obesity in the full sample and the sibling sample

From: Variation in the relationship between birth weight and subsequent obesity by household income

 

No interactions (Eq. 1/Eq. 3)

With interactions (Eq. 2/Eq. 4)

Coef.

t

Coef.

t

Full sample*

 High birth weight

0.0516

7.81

0.2025

2.35

 Low birth weight

-0.0263

-2.26

-0.0743

-0.91

 Log of household income

-0.0212

-7.85

-0.0197

-6.72

 High birth weight X income

  

-0.0153

-1.78

 Low birth weight X income

  

0.0051

0.61

LR test of basic model vs. model with interaction

  

p = 0.06

Sibling sample**

 High birth weight

0.0458

5.69

0.2293

2.14

 Low birth weight

-0.0222

-1.48

-0.0807

-0.8

 Log of household income

-0.0218

-6.26

-0.0199

-5.25

 High birth weight X income

  

-0.0187

-1.75

 Low birth weight X income

  

0.0062

0.6

LR test of basic model vs. model with interaction a

  

p = 0.05

  1. * Covariates: age; sex; interactions between age and sex; ethnicity; Government Office Region (GOR) of residence; survey year; birth order; maternal age at delivery; and, whether or not the child was born prematurely
  2. ** Covariates: birth order; maternal age at delivery; whether or not the child was born prematurely; and, the child’s age interacted with gender