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Table 5 Multilevel logistic regression analysis (OR, 95% CI) of the association between parental socioeconomic position and the risk of developing overweight between age 15 and 21 years among non-overweight individuals (n = 1402)

From: Parental socioeconomic position and development of overweight in adolescence: longitudinal study of Danish adolescents

Socioeconomic position (highest of the parents)

n

%

OR

p-value

95% CI

Female

866

  

0.020

 

Unemployed

52

6.0

1.00

 

0.36;2.81

Non-skilled man. worker

63

7.3

4.08

 

2.03;8.22

Under education

12

1.4

4.72

 

1.31;17.04

Skilled manual worker

84

9.7

3.48

 

1.80;6.75

White-collar group 3

172

19.9

2.03

 

1.10;3.74

White-collar group 2

232

26.8

2.70

 

1.52;4.79

White-collar group 1/ref.group

162

18.7

1.00

 

-

Self-employed

89

10.3

1.12

 

0.51;2.47

Male

536

  

0.067

 

Unemployed

25

4.7

0.60

 

0.16;2.22

Non-skilled man. worker

36

6.7

1.23

 

0.54;2.80

Under education

6

1.1

-

 

-

Skilled manual worker

44

8.2

1.79

 

0.85;3.78

White-collar group 3

86

16.0

1.87

 

1.00;3.52

White-collar group 2

156

29.1

1.13

 

0.63;2.03

White-collar group 1/ref.group

112

20.9

1.00

 

-

Self-employed

71

13.3

1.05

 

0.53;2.10

  1. *Adjusted for school cluster effects.
  2. **No events in this group, excluded from the analysis.