Child-caregivers’ body weight and habitual physical activity status is associated with overweight in kindergartners

Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of total available parental reports stratified by sex (n = 830) compared to data of the KTHS (n = 313) ^a

Item	Mothers				Fathers				Kindergarten teachers
Item	n	%	Mean	SD^b	n	%	Mean	SD^b	n	%	Mean	SD^b
Age, years*	432	99.5	36.3	5.4	398	91.7	39.7	6.5	313	100.0	37.2	10.6
Height, cm*	428	98.6	167.8	6.3	388	89.4	179.9	9.5	313	100.0	167.1	7.2
Weight, kg*	420	96.8	67.4	13.0	379	87.3	83.4	12.6	313	100.0	70.8	15.8
BMI, kg/m ² *	420	96.8	24.1	4.5	379	87.3	25.6	3.2	313	100.0	25.4	5.5
BMI ^b groups ^c *
Underweight	17	4.0	-	-	3	0.8	-	-	10	3.2	-	-
Normal weight	263	62.6	-	-	176	46.7	-	-	174	55.6	-	-
Overweight	92	21.9	-	-	166	44.0	-	-	73	23.3	-	-
Obese	48	11.4	-	-	32	8.5	-	-	56	17.9	-	-
Smoking status ^d
Current smoker*	88	20.4	-	-	106	26.1	-	-	84	26.8	-	-
Number of cigarettes/day*	84	95.5	8.0	4.9	99	93.4	13.1	9.0	80	95.2	10.4	6.0
Nonsmoker*	344	79.6	-	-	300	73.9	-	-	229	73.2	-	-
Former smoker/Stop smoking (yrs)	48	14.0	7.5	4.6	49	16.3	8.0	6.4	60	19.2	8.0	5.9
Country of birth
Germany	315	72.7	-	-	306	72.5	-	-	265	84.7	-	-
Foreign country	118	27.3	-	-	116	27.5	-	-	48	15.3	-	-
Nationality*
German	340	78.5	-	-	345	81.6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Non-German	93	21.5	-	-	78	18.4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Socio-economic position ^e *
Low educational level	138	31.8	-	-	112	27.4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Middle educational level	64	14.7	-	-	60	14.7	-	-	-	-	-	-
High educational level	232	53.5	-	-	237	57.9	-	-	-	-	-	-

^aModified data of kindergarten teachers are taken from the Kindergarten Teacher Health Study (KTHS) by Hoffmann et al. [18].
^aSD = Standard deviation.
^bBMI = Body mass index.
^cBMI groups according to WHO [31].
^dClassification according to DESTATIS [41].
^eSocio-economic position is classified according to Sacerdote [32].
*Sex differences significant at p ≤ 0.05.

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