Table 5 Association between Child BMI z-score in Year 4 and Change in Parental BMI between Year 1 and Year 4

From: A longitudinal study investigating change in BMI z-score in primary school-aged children and the association of child BMI z-score with parent BMI

n = 343
Child BMI z-score in Year 4	Coefficient	95% CI	P-value
Change in parental BMI	0.027	−0.001 to 0.055	0.056
Child BMI z-score in Year 1	0.873	0.769 to 0.978	< 0.001
Parent Gender - Female^a	0.015	−0.116 to 0.147	0.816
Child Gender - Female^a	−0.018	−0.159 to 0.122	0.794
IMD Score in Year 4	0.003	−0.002 to 0.008	0.192

^aCompared to reference category male

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