Associations between childhood overweight, obesity, abdominal obesity and obesogenic behaviors and practices in Australian homes

Table 1 Characteristics of the sample, stratified by age groups (n = 7555)^a

Characteristic	n	Children (Grades K, 2, 4)	n	Adolescents (Grades 6, 8, 10)	P-value
Age (years, mean, SE)	3884	7.27 (0.03)	3671	13.44 (0.04)
Boys (%, SE)	1826	49.0 (1.3)	1837	50.4 (3.0)	0.657
Weight status indicators (%, SE)
Overweight/obese^b	828	21.9 (1.6)	995	27.0 (1.3)	0.003
WHtR ≥ 0.5	542	14.5 (1.4)	471	13.2 (1.2)	0.424
Socio-economic tertile (%, SE)
Low	808	21.8 (5.8)	1039	31.3 (4.4)	0.211
Middle	1303	33.6 (6.7)	1298	33.2 (4.1)
High	1773	44.6 (7.3)	1334	35.4 (4.7)
Cultural background (%, SE)
English-speaking	3320	87.2 (2.5)	3181	87.5 (2.0)	0.910
Non-English speaking	489	12.8 (2.5)	450	12.5 (2.0)	0.910
Residential location (%, SE)
Urban	2991	78.6 (6.6)	2781	73.9 (5.0)	0.475
Rural	893	21.4 (6.6)	890	26.1 (5.0)	0.475

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