Table 3 Beta-coefficients for anthropometric measures of adiposity on parity, socioeconomic variables, health behaviour and metabolic risk factors

	BMI (kg/m²)			WC (cm)			WHR*			WHtR*
	β	SE	p Value	β	SE	p Value	β	SE	p Value	β	SE	p Value
Constant	27.01	0.38	0.001	80.92	0.96	0.001	83.06	0.80	0.001	49.87	0.62	0.001
Parity	0.19	0.05	0.001	0.34	0.11	0.002	−0.17	0.09	0.071	0.15	0.07	0.041
Age (years)	0.02	0.01	0.001	0.15	0.02	0.001	0.06	0.01	0.001	0.15	0.01	0.001
Education <8 years	0.69	0.15	0.001	2.94	0.37	0.001	3.15	0.31	0.001	2.03	0.24	0.001
Income <$3000	0.35	0.13	0.006	0.30	0.31	0.341	−0.01	0.26	0.969	0.75	0.20	0.001
Employed	1.05	0.14	0.001	1.87	0.36	0.001	0.09	0.30	0.760	1.37	0.23	0.001
Married	1.38	0.16	0.001	3.05	0.39	0.001	−1.01	0.33	0.002	2.06	0.25	0.001
Daily smoker	0.29	0.16	0.071	0.70	0.40	0.079	1.63	0.33	0.001	0.20	0.26	0.433
Smoking cessation	0.47	0.14	0.001	1.28	0.35	0.001	0.93	0.29	0.001	0.59	0.23	0.009
Heavy drinker	0.19	0.22	0.373	−0.99	0.54	0.066	−1.60	0.45	0.001	−0.23	0.35	0.519
Hypertension	0.58	0.15	0.001	2.49	0.38	0.001	−0.35	0.32	0.277	0.63	0.25	0.010
Diabetes	2.16	0.28	0.001	4.75	0.69	0.001	−0.71	0.58	0.218	3.20	0.45	0.001
Dyslipidaemia	1.69	0.19	0.001	3.08	0.47	0.001	0.65	0.39	0.094	2.19	0.30	0.001
Parent’s obesity	1.03	0.13	0.001	2.51	0.33	0.001	1.49	0.28	0.001	1.29	0.21	0.001
Menarche	−0.34	0.03	0.001	−0.63	0.07	0.001	−0.05	0.06	0.354	−0.39	0.04	0.001
Use of birth control pill	−0.76	0.21	0.001	−0.20	0.53	0.708	2.14	0.45	0.001	−0.24	0.34	0.488
Fetal macrosomia†	2.45	0.17	0.001	3.58	0.42	0.001	−0.05	0.36	0.898	2.05	0.27	0.001
Hypertension during pregnancy	0.77	0.15	0.001	0.92	0.37	0.013	−0.54	0.31	0.081	0.76	0.24	0.001
Gestational diabetes	0.54	0.36	0.136	1.49	0.91	0.100	−0.94	0.76	0.215	1.53	0.59	0.009
Menopause status	−0.13	0.21	0.541	−1.25	0.53	0.017	−1.46	0.44	0.001	−0.41	0.34	0.233
Use of HRT	0.58	0.24	0.015	0.28	0.60	0.639	−0.03	0.50	0.955	0.56	0.39	0.150

BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio; HRT, postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy.
*β-coefficient amplified by 100.
†Birth weight greater than 4000 g.