Description of the study sample.

<p>Description of the study sample.</p

IOTF obesity risk of early life course factors.

a<p>Analyses were matched on sex, age and country.</p>b<p>Analyses were additionally adjusted for putative confounders (see last column).</p><p>Matched odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI): OR with p<0.05 are printed in bold.</p

Risk factors investigated in the study.

<p>Risk factors investigated in the study.</p

Multivariate models for pre-, peri- and postpartum risk factors on IOTF obesity risk.

a<p>Analyses were matched on sex, age and country.</p>b<p>Analyses were additionally adjusted for all parameters in the respective column.</p><p>Matched odds ratios (OR), 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) and Wald-statistics (Wald): OR with p<0.05 are printed in bold.</p

Associations of fatty acids with systolic and diastolic blood pressure z-scores at baseline, after two years and after six years of follow-up stratified by sex¹.

<p>Associations of fatty acids with systolic and diastolic blood pressure z-scores at baseline, after two years and after six years of follow-up stratified by sex<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0165981#t004fn001" target="_blank">¹</a>.</p

Associations of polyunsaturated fatty acids with systolic and diastolic blood pressure z-scores at baseline, after 2 years and after 6 years of follow-up estimated based on fully adjusted mixed-effects models¹.

<p>Associations of polyunsaturated fatty acids with systolic and diastolic blood pressure z-scores at baseline, after 2 years and after 6 years of follow-up estimated based on fully adjusted mixed-effects models<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0165981#t002fn001" target="_blank">¹</a>.</p

Associations of fatty acids with systolic and diastolic blood pressure z-scores at baseline, after two years and after six years of follow-up stratified by BMI category¹.

<p>Associations of fatty acids with systolic and diastolic blood pressure z-scores at baseline, after two years and after six years of follow-up stratified by BMI category<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0165981#t003fn001" target="_blank">¹</a>.</p

Flow chart of the inclusion and exclusion of IDEFICS/I.Family participants.

<p>Flow chart of the inclusion and exclusion of IDEFICS/I.Family participants.</p

Baseline characteristics of the study population by blood pressure category¹ and sex.

<p>Baseline characteristics of the study population by blood pressure category<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0165981#t001fn001" target="_blank">¹</a> and sex.</p

Theoretical models displaying the direct effects in proposed pathways through which BP (SBP or DBP, respectively) is affected by the SNP (rs174546), by fatty acids (DGLA, ARA, EPA, D5D index) as well as by BMI.

<p>Theoretical models displaying the direct effects in proposed pathways through which BP (SBP or DBP, respectively) is affected by the SNP (rs174546), by fatty acids (DGLA, ARA, EPA, D5D index) as well as by BMI.</p