The experience of life events and body composition in middle childhood: a population-based study

Table 2 Associations between the number of life events experienced during childhood and body composition at ten years

			Body composition at age 10 years
			BMI	BMI SD score	FMI SD score	FFMI SD score
			B (95% CI)	B (95% CI)	B (95% CI)	B (95% CI)
Total life events	Model 1^a	Per event	0.08 (0.05, 0.11)	0.03 (0.02, 0.04)	0.03 (0.02, 0.04)	0.01 (0.00, 0.02)
Total life events	Model 2^b	Per event	0.01 (-0.01, 0.04)	0.01 (-0.00, 0.02)	0.00 (-0.01, 0.01)	0.01 (-0.00, 0.02)
Events divided by severity
Milder life events	Model 1^a	Per event	0.08 (0.05, 0.11)	0.03 (0.02, 0.04)	0.03 (0.02, 0.04)	0.02 (0.00, 0.03)
Milder life events	Model 2^b	Per event	0.01 (-0.02, 0.04)	0.01 (-0.00, 0.02)	-0.00 (-0.01, 0.01)	0.01 (-0.00, 0.02)
Maltreatment^c		0 events	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
	Model 1^a	1 or more events	0.26 (0.07, 0.44)	0.12 (0.05, 0.19)	0.11 (0.04, 0.17)	0.04 (-0.03, 0.10)
	Model 2^b	1 or more events	0.04 (-0.13, 0.21)	0.04 (-0.02, 0.11)	0.01 (-0.05, 0.07)	0.00 (-0.06, 0.07)

N = 5333 (n = 1047 with ≥ 1 maltreatment event)
^a Unadjusted (for BMI, adjusted for sex and age at outcome)
^b Additionally adjusted for child ethnicity and birth weight, household income and maternal and paternal education, maternal BMI and maternal and paternal psychopathology symptoms
^c Maltreatment included events on physical threat or abuse and sexual threat or abuse

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