Socioeconomic differences in the association between maternal age and maternal obesity: a register-based study of 707,728 women in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To examine the association between maternal age and maternal obesity across socioeconomic groups and to determine whether socioeconomic status modifies the association between maternal age and maternal obesity with a view to informing public health policies.

Methods

Data for this register-based study were sourced from the Finnish Medical Birth Register and Statistics Finland, using the information of 707,728 women who gave birth in Finland from 2004 to 2015. We used multivariable regression models to assess the association between maternal age and maternal obesity across socioeconomic groups. We further assessed interactions on both multiplicative and additive scales.

Results

Across all socioeconomic groups, the adjusted odds ratio for the association between mat

SUBMITTER: Roustaei Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10350730 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature