Table 2 BMI status and health outcomes: Means and prevalence of health outcomes by BMI status; crude and adjusted1 odds ratios (for dichotomous variables) and regression coefficients (for continuous variables) with 95% confidence intervals; complete cases n = 1971
From: Comorbidities of obesity in school children: a cross-sectional study in the PIAMA birth cohort
| Â | BMI status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Health outcome | Thinness n = 138 | Normal weight n = 1555 | Moderate overweight n = 227 | Obesity n = 51 |
RAND score | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mean (s.d.) | 26.9 (3.5) | 28.0 (3.4) | 27.3 (3.5) | 26.5 (3.9) |
β (95% CI) | -1.04 (-1.65; -0.44) |  | -0.64 (-1.12; -0.16) | -1.51 (-2.47; -0.54) |
adj. β (95% CI) | -1.02 (-1.62; -0.42) |  | -0.62 (-1.10; -0.13) | -1.45 (-2.41; -0.48) |
GP contact during last 2 months (yes) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
% | 24.5 | 20.1 | 18.9 | 33.3 |
OR (95% CI) | 1.28 (0.86;1.93) | 1.00 | 0.93 (0.65;1.32) | 1.98 (1.09;3.60) |
aOR (95% CI) | 1.26 (0.84;1.90) | 1.00 | 0.91 (0.64;1.30) | 1.96 (1.08;3.57) |
Not to school due to illness in last 2 months (≥ 1 day) |  |  |  |  |
% | 28.8 | 26.8 | 33.0 | 35.3 |
OR (95% CI) | 1.11 (0.75;1.62) | 1.00 | 1.35 (1.00;1.82) | 1.49 (0.83;2.68) |
aOR (95% CI) | 1.12 (0.76;1.65) | 1.00 | 1.36 (1.00;1.83) | 1.53 (0.85;2.75) |
Health-related limitations last 2 months (yes) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
% | 20.1 | 15.4 | 17.6 | 29.4 |
OR (95% CI) | 1.38 (0.89;2.14) | 1.00 | 1.17 (0.81;1.69) | 2.28 (1.23;4.23) |
aOR (95% CI) | 1.36 (0.88;2.11) | 1.00 | 1.21 (0.84;1.76) | 2.31 (1.24;4.31) |
Flu/serious cold last 12 months (yes) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
% | 11.5 | 11.8 | 22.9 | 23.5 |
OR (95% CI) | 0.98 (0.57;1.68) | 1.00 | 2.23 (1.58;3.15) | 2.31 (1.19;4.48) |
aOR (95% CI) | 0.95 (0.55;1.64) | 1.00 | 2.22 (1.57;3.16) | 2.27 (1.16;4.43) |
Throat infection last 12 months (yes) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
% | 4.3 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 5.9 |
OR (95% CI) | 0.89 (0.38;2.08) | 1.00 | 1.30 (0.72;2.34) | 1.23 (0.38;4.05) |
aOR (95% CI) | 0.90 (0.38;2.10) | 1.00 | 1.23 (0.68;2.23) | 1.19 (0.36;3.93) |
Ear infection last 12 months (yes) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
% | 10.8 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 13.7 |
OR (95% CI) | 1.26 (0.72;2.22) | 1.00 | 1.06 (0.66;1.72) | 1.66 (0.73;3.75) |
aOR (95% CI) | 1.24 (0.71;2.19) | 1.00 | 1.06 (0.65;1.72) | 1.67 (0.74;3.81) |
Bronchitis last 12 months (yes) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
% | 4.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 11.8 |
OR (95% CI) | 1.96 (0.81;4.74) | 1.00 | 0.98 (0.38;2.52) | 5.79 (2.32;14.45) |
aOR (95% CI) | 2.05 (0.84;5.00) | 1.00 | 0.99 (0.38;2.57) | 5.70 (2.25;14.44) |
Antibiotics in last 12 months (yes) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
% | 15.8 | 15.3 | 18.1 | 23.5 |
OR (95% CI) | 1.05 (0.65;1.68) | 1.00 | 1.23 (0.85;1.77) | 1.71 (0.88;3.31) |
aOR (95% CI) | 1.02 (0.63;1.65) | 1.00 | 1.17 (0.81;1.70) | 1.64 (0.84;3.20) |