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Table 4 Associations between parental and child BMI

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

Parental BMI (within couples)

 

Child BMI above the reference 85th percentile

Child BMI above the reference 95th percentile

 

n (%)

n (%)

OR (CI)

OR (CI)

n (%)

OR (CI)

OR (CI)

n = 553

Crude1

Adjusted1,2

Crude1

Adjusted1,3

Neither overweight/obese

191 (30)

51 (28)

1

1

15 (8)

1

1

Only mother overweight/obese

61 (10)

21 (32)

1.20 (0.62–2.31)

1.26 (0.65–2.47)

11 (17)

2.68 (1.10–6.53)

2.66 (1.09–6.52)

Only father overweight/obese

192 (30)

59 (31)

1.14 (0.72–1.79)

1.11 (0.69–1.78)

32 (17)

2.40 (1.21–4.77)

2.31 (1.15–4.65)

Both overweight/obese

109 (17)

58 (47)

2.47 (1.48–4.11)

2.48 (1.47–4.21)

22 (18)

2.95 (1.40–6.22)

2.85 (1.34–6.06)

RERI

  

1.13

1.11

 

−1.13

−1.12

  1. 1Crude and adjusted logistic regression was used for the calculation of OR. In the adjusted analyses, socio–demographic variables with p–values <0.10 in the crude analyses were included
  2. 2Analysis adjusted for mothers’ employment, siblings, and mothers’ country of origin
  3. 3Analysis adjusted for mothers’ employment and siblings