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Table 2 Odds ratio (OR) of being classified as overweight a at follow-up in late adolescence associated with timing of sexual maturation stratified by level of central adiposity (i.e. waist circumference)

From: Early sexual maturation, central adiposity and subsequent overweight in late adolescence. A four-year follow-up of 1605 adolescent Norwegian boys and girls: the Young HUNT study

 

High waist circumference (> median)

Low waist circumference (≤ median)

Timing

Overweighta

Normal weight

ORb

ORc

95% CI

Overweighta

Normal weight

ORb

ORc

95% CI

Boys

          

   Early

37

66

0.9

1.0

0.6–1.9

7

56

2.4

0.9

0.2–4.2

   Intermediate

62

105

1.0

1.0

Reference

9

172

1.0

1.0

Reference

   Late

19

35

0.9

0.8

0.3–1.7

0

110

NC

NC

-

Girls

          

   Early

42

50

1.8

2.7

1.5–4.9

2

81

0.5

0.5

0.1–2.7

   Intermediate

78

164

1.0

1.0

Reference

11

220

1.0

1.0

Reference

   Late

10

52

0.4

0.3

0.1–0.9

8

115

1.4

2.2

0.8–6.2

  1. a Classified according to the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) percentile cut-off points for children and adolescents, b Unadjusted OR, cAdjusted for baseline age, waist circumference, dietary sugar intake, leisure time physical activity and parental education level, CI denotes confidence interval and NC denotes not calculated