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Table 3 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; imputed data n = 3960

From: Comorbidities of obesity in school children: a cross-sectional study in the PIAMA birth cohort

 

BMI status

Health outcome

Thinness

n = 327

Normal weight

n = 2999

Moderate overweight

n = 480

Obesity

n = 154

RAND score

    

Mean (s.d.)

26.9 (3.8)

27.8 (3.5)

27.2 (3.7)

26.4 (4.1)

β (95% CI)

-0.98 (-1.52; -0.44)

 

-0.64 (-1.03; -0.25)

-1.42 (-2.24; -0.61)

adj. β (95% CI)

-0.94 (-1.49; -0.39)

 

-0.59 (-0.98; -0.20)

-1.29 (-2.10; -0.47)

GP contact during last 2 months (yes)

    

%

25.4

21.1

21.1

37.9

OR (95% CI)

1.28 (0.93;1.74)

1.00

1.00 (0.75;1.34)

2.28 (1.47;3.56)

aOR (95% CI)

1.24 (0.90;1.71)

1.00

0.98 (0.73;1.30)

2.17 (1.38;3.42)

Not to school due to illness in last 2 months (≥ 1 day)

    

%

31.9

28.0

33.1

41.1

OR (95% CI)

1.20 (0.88;1.64)

1.00

1.27 (0.96;1.67)

1.79 (1.17;2.73)

aOR (95% CI)

1.22 (0.89;1.67)

1.00

1.28 (0.97;1.68)

1.82 (1.19;2.78)

Health-related limitations last 2 months (yes)

    

%

19.8

16.4

18.9

28.5

OR (95% CI)

1.26 (0.88;1.80)

1.00

1.19 (0.90;1.57)

2.02 (1.24;3.30)

aOR (95% CI)

1.24 (0.86;1.78)

1.00

1.19 (0.91;1.57)

1.98 (1.21;3.25)

Flu/serious cold last 12 months (yes)

    

%

15.8

13.7

22.9

20.7

OR (95% CI)

1.18 (0.79;1.76)

1.00

1.87 (1.39;2.53)

1.63 (0.94;2.81)

aOR (95% CI)

1.13 (0.76;1.69)

1.00

1.83 (1.35;2.48)

1.50 (0.86;2.63)

Throat infection last 12 months (yes)

    

%

5.5

5.4

7.1

8.1

OR (95% CI)

1.02 (0.55;1.88)

1.00

1.34 (0.86;2.09)

1.45 (0.51;4.11)

aOR (95% CI)

1.02 (0.55;1.89)

1.00

1.24 (0.79;1.93)

1.34 (0.46;3.88)

Ear infection last 12 months (yes)

    

%

10.6

9.1

9.4

15.5

OR (95% CI)

1.17 (0.67;2.02)

1.00

1.03 (0.69;1.54)

1.80 (0.87;3.73)

aOR (95% CI)

1.12 (0.65;1.95)

1.00

0.98 (0.66;1.47)

1.64 (0.79;3.39)

Bronchitis last 12 months (yes)

    

%

5.7

2.8

2.9

13.8

OR (95% CI)

2.04 (0.86;4.85)

1.00

1.01 (0.49;2.09)

5.52 (2.75;11.08)

aOR (95% CI)

2.07 (0.88;4.88)

1.00

0.98 (0.48;2.02)

5.29 (2.58;10.85)

Antibiotics in last 12 months (yes)

    

%

17.8

16.1

20.6

27.5

OR (95% CI)

1.12 (0.74;1.70)

1.00

1.35 (1.00;1.83)

1.96 (1.19;3.22)

aOR (95% CI)

1.09 (0.71;1.66)

1.00

1.27 (0.94;1.72)

1.79 (1.09;2.93)

  1. 1 Adjusted for gender, region, maternal education, breast feeding and smoking in the home at age 8
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