Associations between toddlers’ and parents’ BMI, in relation to family socio-demography: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 BMI and age of children in the study

	Total	Girls	Boys	p-value
	n = 697	n = 355	n = 342
	n = 697	(51 %)	(49 %)
BMI¹, n (%)
<2^nd	3 (0.5)	2 (0.6)	1 (0.3)	0.542^2,3
2^nd – 84^th	421 (66.0)	212 (64.4)	209 (67.6)
85^th – 94^th	125 (19.6)	70 (21.3)	55 (17.8)
95^th – 100^th	89 (13.9)	45 (13.7)	44 (14.2)
Age (months), median (range)	18 (16-24)	18 (16-24)	18 (16-24)	0.132⁴

¹Weight and height were measured at the child health care centre and were used for calculating BMI in kg/m²
²Girls and boys were compared using the chi-square test
³For calculation of the p-value, the first two BMI categories were merged because of the low numbers of toddlers in the category < 2^nd
⁴ Girls and boys were compared using the Mann–Whitney test

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