Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and newborn telomere length

Table 5 Sensitivity analyses

	Cord blood telomere length			Placental telomere length
	n	Percentage change (95 % CI)	P value	n	Percentage change (95 % CI)	P value
Model B	743	−0.50 (−0.83 to −0.17)	0.003	702	−0.66 (−1.06 to −0.25)	0.002
Excluding non-European	658	−0.47 (−0.82 to −0.11)	0.01	621	−0.50 (−0.93 to −0.06)	0.03
Excluding BMI < 18.5 kg/m²	714	−0.43 (−0.78 to −0.07)	0.02	675	−0.61 (−1.03 to −0.17)	0.006
Excluding cesarean sections	710	−0.50 (−0.84 to −0.16)	0.004	673	−0.59 (−1.00 to −0.18)	0.005
Excluding pregnancy complications	665	−0.53 (−0.89 to −0.17)	0.004	628	−0.74 (−1.19 to −0.30)	0.001
Excluding all above	542	−0.44 (−0.87 to −0.00)	0.05	513	−0.45 (−0.98 to 0.08)	0.09

Estimates are presented as a percentage change in average relative telomere length for each kg/m² BMI increase
All models were adjusted according to Model B (Table 2)

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