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. 2016 Feb 18;19(12):2213–2219. doi: 10.1017/S1368980016000203

Table 2.

Effects (b coefficients and relative risks (RR)) of height, adjusted for income, age and survey year, on BMI and overweight increase in Brazilian adolescents over four surveys (1974/975, 1989, 2002/3 and 2008/9)

Boys Girls
BMI Overweight BMI Overweight
Variable b se RR se b se RR se
Survey year
1974/5 0·00 1·00 0·00 1·00
1989 0·98 0·02 0·78 0·67 0·99 0·04 2·38 2·08
2002/3 1·19* 0·03 113·83* 84·67 1·52* 0·06 224·91* 162·73
2008/9 1·19* 0·03 57·35* 33·89 1·61* 0·06 282·38* 178·88
Height (cm) 1·00* 0·00 1·03* 0·00 1·00* 0·00 1·02* 0·00
Survey year and height (cm) interaction
1974/5×height 0·00 1·00 0·00 1·00
1989×height 1·00* 0·00 1·01 0·01 1·00 0·00 1·00 0·00
2002/3×height 1·00* 0·00 0·98* 0·00 1·00* 0·00 0·97* 0·00
2008/9×height 1·00* 0·00 0·99* 0·00 1·00* 0·00 0·97* 0·00
Age (years) 1·00* 0·00 0·99* 0·00 1·00* 0·00 1·00 0·00
Survey-specific income quintiles
1st quintile 0·00 1·00 0·00 1·00
2nd quintile 1·01* 0·00 1·46* 0·11 1·01* 0·00 1·30* 0·08
3rd quintile 1·03* 0·00 1·92* 0·14 1·02* 0·00 1·49* 0·09
4th quintile 1·04* 0·00 2·42* 0·18 1·02* 0·00 1·61* 0·10
5th quintile 1·06* 0·00 3·12* 0·22 1·00* 0·00 1·69* 0·11

*P<0·01.