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Table 1 Demographics and weight-related characteristics of children and parents of the KOALA cohort around age 5 (N = 1915)

From: Parental perception of child’s weight status and subsequent BMIz change: the KOALA birth cohort study

  

Mean ± sd

Prevalence

Child

Gender

 

Male: 51%

   

Female: 49%

 

Age

5.01 ± 0.53

 
 

BMI z-score

−0.27 ± 0.99

 
 

Weight status

 

Underweight: 9%

   

Normal weight: 83%

   

Overweight + obesity: 9%

Mother

Age at birth of child

32.21 ± 3.78

 
 

Country of birth

 

Netherlands: 97%

   

Other: 3%

 

Educational level

 

High: 54%

   

Medium: 38%

   

Low: 8%

 

Employment (hours per week)

17.87 ± 10.93

 
 

Alternative lifestyle

 

18%

 

BMI

23.94 ± 3.79

 
 

Weight status

 

Underweight: 2%

   

Normal weight: 67%

   

Overweight + obesity: 32%

Father

Country of birth

 

Netherlands: 96%

   

Other: 4%

 

Educational level

 

High: 53%

   

Medium: 34%

   

Low: 13%

 

Employment (hours per week)

37.89 ± 9.94

 
 

BMI

25.07 ± 3.09

 
 

Weight status

 

Underweight: 1%

   

Normal weight: 53%

   

Overweight + obesity: 46%