Table 4 Associations of overweight/obesity trajectories with low self-esteem in Primary 6 (N = 48,558)

Model Ia

  Never

  Late-onset

1.40 (1.19, 1.65)***

1.41 (1.27, 1.56)***

1.20 (1.08, 1.34)***

1.23 (1.10, 1.36)***

1.12 (0.98, 1.27)

  Chronic

1.32 (1.14, 1.53)***

1.43 (1.31, 1.57)***

1.31 (1.20, 1.43)***

1.27 (1.17, 1.39)***

1.07 (0.96, 1.20)

  Early-onset

0.91 (0.68, 1.22)

0.91 (0.76, 1.09)

0.82 (0.68, 0.98)*

0.95 (0.81, 1.13)

1.03 (0.85, 1.26)

Model IIb

  Chronic

  Early-onset

0.69 (0.50, 0.95)***

0.64 (0.53, 0.77)***

0.62 (0.51, 0.76)***

0.75 (0.62, 0.90)**

0.96 (0.77, 1.20)

  Never

0.76 (0.66, 0.88)***

0.70 (0.64, 0.76)***

0.76 (0.70, 0.84)***

0.79 (0.72, 0.86)***

0.93 (0.83, 1.04)

  Late-onset

1.06 (0.87, 1.30)

0.98 (0.87, 1.12)

0.92 (0.81, 1.05)

0.96 (0.85, 1.09)

1.04 (0.89, 1.22)