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Table 4 Comparison with Persistently Non-Overweight/Obese Weight Trajectory (BMI 85%ile criterion): Multinomial Regression

From: Obesity status trajectory groups among elementary school children

 

Late-onset Overweight/Obesea

Early-onset Overweight/Obesea

Becoming Healthya

Chronically Overweight/Obesea

Odds Ratio

95 % CI

Odds Ratio

95 % CI

Odds Ratio

95 % CI

Odds Ratio

95 % CI

Gender (reference group: Boy)

Girl

0.634**

0.451, 0.892

0.64*

0.447, 0.915

0.525***

0.362, 0.761

0.556***

0.431, 0.718

Ethnicity (reference group: White)

Asian

0.942

0.592, 1.497

1

0.615, 1.628

0.684

0.408, 1.145

0.836

0.573, 1.22

Non-Hispanic Black

1.289

0.786, 2.114

0.933

0.534, 1.632

1.126

0.664, 1.911

1.574*

1.082, 2.291

Hispanic

1.36

0.799, 2.315

1.636

0.952, 2.811

1.377

0.792, 2.394

2.444***

1.669, 3.577

School SES (reference group: High SES)

Low SES

1.081

0.69, 1.694

1.298

0.812, 2.072

0.934

0.571, 1.527

1.298

0.945, 1.783

  1. Note. aReference group is persistently non-overweight/obese group; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; CI: confidence interval