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Table 3 Crude and adjusted BMI (body mass index), weight, height and WC (waist circumference), according to area of residence and maternal education, presented as means (95% CI)

From: Adiposity among children in Norway by urbanity and maternal education: a nationally representative study

  

BMI

Weight

Height

WC

(kg/m2)

(kg)

(cm)

(cm)

Area of residence

N (%)

Crude

Adjusteda

Crude

Adjusteda

Crude

Adjusteda

Crude

Adjusteda

  

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

Urban

1256

16.7

16.7

29.2

29.3

132.0

132.0

57.9

58.0

(42)

(16.5-16.9)

(16.5-16.9)

(28.9-29.5)

(29.0-29.6)

(131.6-132.4)

(131.6-132.3)

(57.4-58.5)

(57.5-58.5)

Semiurban

1252

16.9

16.9

29.5

29.5

131.6

131.6

58.6

58.6

(42)

(16.6-17.2)

(16.6-17.2)

(28.9-30.0)

(29.0-30.0)

(131.2-132.0)

(131.2-132.0)

(58.0-59.3)

(58.0-59.3)

Rural

460

17.2

17.1

30.1

30.1

132.0

132.1

59.2

59.1

(16)

(16.9-17.4)

(16.9-17.4)

(29.6-30.6)

(29.6-30.5)

(131.3-132.8)

(131.4-132.8)

(58.6-59.9)

(58.6-59.7)

p-value*

 

0.01

0.03

0.01

0.02

0.65

0.87

< 0.01

0.01

Maternal education

N (%)

Crude

Adjusted b

Crude

Adjusted b

Crude

Adjusted b

Crude

Adjusted b

 

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

Tertiary

1421

16.7

16.7

29.2

29.2

132.0

132.1

57.8

57.9

(48)

(16.5-16.8)

(16.5-16.8)

(28.9-29.5)

(28.9-29.6)

(131.7-132.4)

(131.8-132.4)

(57.4-58.3)

(57.5-58.4)

Secondary

1058

17.1

17.1

29.9

29.8

131.8

131.8

59.1

59.0

(36)

(16.8-17.3)

(16.8-17.3)

(29.4-30.3)

(29.3-30.3)

(131.3-132.3)

(131.3-132.3)

(58.6-59.6)

(58.5-59.5)

Primary

489

16.9

16.9

29.4

29.3

131.3

131.3

58.6

58.6

(16)

(16.6-17.2)

(16.7-17.2)

(28.8-29.9)

(28.8-29.9)

(130.8-131.8)

(130.8-131.8)

(57.9-59.3)

(58.0-59.2)

p-value*

 

0.03

0.03

0.20

0.28

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

0.01

  1. a) adjusted for maternal education and gender, b) adjusted for area of residence and gender, *) p-value for test for trend.