Table 4

Association of predicted poverty trajectories and mother outcomes after 9 years using the Irish Growing Up in Ireland–Infant Cohort

	Never in poverty (n=4804)	Vulnerable to poverty 1 (n=1791)		Vulnerable to poverty 2 (n=2851)		Persistent poverty (n=1688)
	Never in poverty (n=4804)	OR	CI	OR	CI	OR	CI
Depression raised score
UA	Ref	2.28	1.73, 2.99	2.47	1.89, 3.23	5.76	4.43, 7.49
A	Ref	2.01	1.51, 2.67	1.83	1.35, 2.47	3.54	2.54, 4.94
BMI—overweight
UA	Ref	1.29	1.11, 1.51	1.42	1.22, 1.65	2.09	1.72, 2.54
A	Ref	1.23	1.04, 1.45	1.20	1.00, 1.45	1.49	1.16, 1.92
Longstanding health condition
UA	Ref	1.81	1.50, 2.17	1.51	1.26, 1.82	2.92	2.39, 3.57
A	Ref	1.60	1.31, 1.95	1.37	1.10, 1.70	2.13	1.63, 2.79

A=adjusted for mother age, education (degree or higher qualification or no degree), health status at 9 months (chronic illness, BMI), depression status at 9 months (raised depression score), home ownership, household social class and composition.
A, adjusted model; BMI, body mass index; CI, 95% Confidence Interval; OR, Odds Ratio; Ref, reference group (never in poverty); UA, unadjusted model.