Table 2

Associations between standardised anthropometric measures at birth, 4 and 7 years of age and sagittal postural patterns, shown separately for girls and boys

	Sway pattern	Flat pattern			Neutral to hyperlordotic pattern
	OR	OR	95% CI	p Value	OR	95% CI	p Value
Girls, n=1029
Weight
Birth	1	0.68	0.53 to 0.88	0.003	0.83	0.64 to 1.07	0.154
4 years	1	0.53	0.35 to 0.79	0.002	1.32	0.84 to 2.07	0.228
7 years	1	0.36	0.19 to 0.68	0.002	1.89	0.87 to 4.10	0.110
Length/height
Birth	1	0.78	0.61 to 1.01	0.056	0.84	0.67 to 1.05	0.133
4 years	1	0.76	0.57 to 1.02	0.070	0.93	0.70 to 1.24	0.618
7 years	1	0.60	0.34 to 1.06	0.080	1.20	0.38 to 3.76	0.751
Ponderal index/BMI
Birth	1	0.68	0.51 to 0.89	0.005	0.92	0.72 to 1.18	0.534
4 years	1	0.49	0.30 to 0.78	0.003	1.34	0.81 to 2.21	0.249
7 years	1	0.39	0.21 to 0.70	0.002	1.63	0.89 to 2.97	0.111