Mean predicted anthropometry across categories of maternal eating disorder, with adjustment for standard confounders (gestational age, maternal age, maternal education, parity)
| Boys | Girls | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean predicted anthropometry (SD) of offspring of unexposed women | Mean difference (SD) from unexposed for offspring of women with: | Mean predicted anthropometry (SD) of offspring of unexposed women | Mean difference (SD) from unexposed for offspring of women with: | |||||||
| Anorexia nervosa | Bulimia nervosa | Anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa | Other psychiatric disorders | Anorexia nervosa | Bulimia nervosa | Anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa | Other psychiatric disorders | |||
| Height (cm) | N=4588 | N=74 | N=85 | N=38 | N=501 | N=4416 | N=65 | N=82 | N=30 | N=432 |
| Birth | 50.3 (5.4) | +0.14 (2.0) | +0.17 (2.08) | −0.10 (2.0) | −0.20 (2.2)** | 49.7 (5.3) | −0.47 (1.9)* | −0.08 (2.1) | +0.23 (2.0) | −0.16 (2.2)* |
| 1 year | 76.1 (5.4) | +0.32 (2.4) | +0.05 (2.4) | −0.09 (2.4) | −0.28 (2.5)*** | 74.3 (5.3) | −0.27 (2.4) | +0.05 (2.4) | −0.73 (2.4)* | −0.18 (2.6)* |
| 2 years | 87.3 (5.4) | +0.40 (3.0) | +0.01 (3.1) | −0.10 (3.0) | −0.32 (3.2)** | 85.6 (5.3) | −0.24 (3.0)** | +0.02 (3.0) | −0.93 (3.0)* | −0.18 (3.2) |
| 5 years | 110.2 (6.8) | +0.39 (4.5) | +0.15 (4.5) | −0.17 (4.4) | −0.42 (4.7)** | 109.6 (6.0) | −0.31 (4.3) | −0.18 (4.3) | −0.94 (4.2) | −0.17 (4.8) |
| 10 years | 140.7 (8.8) | −0.75 (7.3) | +1.88 (7.5)*** | −0.81 (7.1) | −0.64 (7.9)* | 138.9 (8.6) | −0.57 (7.0) | −0.65 (6.9) | −0.32 (6.7) | −0.12 (7.5) |
| Ponderal index (kg/m3) | N=4537 | N=73 | N=84 | N=38 | N=496 | N=4363 | N=64 | N=81 | N=30 | N=424 |
| Birth | 26.1 (5.4) | −0.43 (2.5) | −0.28 (2.6) | +0.07 (2.5) | +0.13 (2.7) | 26.2 (5.3) | −0.07 (1.9) | +0.48 (2.2)** | −0.16 (2.2) | −0.09 (2.3) |
| 1 year | 23.3 (4.7) | −0.12 (2.1) | +0.41 (2.2)* | +0.27 (2.1) | +0.22 (2.3)** | 23.2 (5.3) | +0.39 (2.4)* | +0.06 (2.5) | +0.39 (2.7) | −0.22 (2.7)* |
| BMI (kg/m2) | N=4271 | N=68 | N=78 8.31 | N=35 | N=452 | N=4117 | N=61 | N=78 | N=29 | N=398 |
| 2 years | 16.8 (3.9) | +0.10 (2.0) | +0.26 (1.9) | +0.32 (1.7) | +0.15 (2.0)* | 16.6 (3.9) | −0.35 (1.9)* | +0.3 (1.9) | +0.25 (1.8) | −0.07 (2.1) |
| 5 years | 15.9 (3.9) | +0.34 (1.4)** | +0.12 (1.3) | +0.49 (1.4)** | −0.02 (1.5) | 16.0 (3.9) | −0.01 (1.5) | +0.26 (1.5)* | +0.32 (1.5) | +0.16 (2.1)** |
| 10 years | 17.7 (4.6) | +0.09 (3.3) | +0.12 (3.2) | +0.08 (3.2) | +0.09 (3.6) | 18.1 (5.1) | +0.03 (3.5) | −0.29 (3.4) | −0.52 (3.3) | +0.56 (3.7)*** |
Values are predicted from the multilevel models, and represent the predicted anthropometry for offspring of mean gestational age (39.4 weeks) and with a mother with the following characteristics: mean age (28.2 years), less than O-level education, parity of zero. P values are from Z-tests comparing each group to the offspring of women with no eating or other psychiatric disorder.
*p ≤ 0.1.
**p<0.05.
***p<0.01
BMI, body mass index.