Table 2.
Descriptive analyses of categorical covariables stratified by reporting group (total numbers and row percentages): children aged 2–9 years, IDEFICS Study
| Total | UdR | PR | OvR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| All | 5962 | 402 | 6·7 | 5319 | 89·2 | 241 | 4·0 |
| Sex of the child | |||||||
| Male | 3029 | 187 | 6·2 | 2747 | 90·7 | 95 | 3·1 |
| Female | 2933 | 215 | 7·3 | 2572 | 87·7 | 146 | 5·0 |
| Age groups | |||||||
| 2–<6 years | 2625 | 120 | 4·6 | 2388 | 91·0 | 117 | 4·5 |
| 6–<10 years | 3337 | 282 | 8·5 | 2931 | 87·8 | 124 | 3·7 |
| Weight status* | |||||||
| Thin/normal weight | 4721 | 249 | 5·3 | 4263 | 90·3 | 209 | 4·4 |
| Overweight/obese | 1241 | 153 | 12·3 | 1056 | 85·1 | 32 | 2·6 |
| Study centre | |||||||
| Belgium | 310 | 29 | 9·4 | 274 | 88·4 | 7 | 2·3 |
| Cyprus | 403 | 63 | 15·6 | 335 | 83·1 | 5 | 1·2 |
| Estonia | 602 | 35 | 5·8 | 537 | 89·2 | 30 | 5·0 |
| Germany | 1504 | 159 | 10·6 | 1290 | 85·8 | 55 | 3·7 |
| Italy | 1492 | 68 | 4·6 | 1320 | 88·5 | 104 | 7·0 |
| Spain | 525 | 7 | 1·3 | 492 | 93·7 | 26 | 5·0 |
| Sweden | 1126 | 41 | 3·6 | 1071 | 95·1 | 14 | 1·2 |
| Income | |||||||
| Low/medium | 4304 | 322 | 7·5 | 3786 | 88·0 | 196 | 4·6 |
| High | 1658 | 80 | 4·8 | 1533 | 92·5 | 45 | 2·7 |
| Day of the interview | |||||||
| Weekday | 4925 | 319 | 6·5 | 4415 | 89·6 | 191 | 3·9 |
| Saturday/Sunday | 1037 | 83 | 8·0 | 904 | 87·2 | 50 | 4·8 |
| Concerned: child becoming underweight | |||||||
| Unconcerned | 3109 | 230 | 7·4 | 2796 | 89·9 | 83 | 2·7 |
| A little concerned | 923 | 57 | 6·2 | 825 | 89·4 | 41 | 4·4 |
| Concerned | 863 | 52 | 6·0 | 751 | 87·0 | 60 | 7·0 |
| Very concerned | 1067 | 63 | 5·9 | 947 | 88·8 | 57 | 5·3 |
| Concerned: child becoming overweight | |||||||
| Unconcerned | 3299 | 182 | 5·5 | 2996 | 90·8 | 121 | 3·7 |
| A little concerned | 1001 | 73 | 7·3 | 879 | 87·8 | 49 | 4·9 |
| Concerned | 878 | 70 | 8·0 | 774 | 88·2 | 34 | 3·9 |
| Very concerned | 784 | 77 | 9·8 | 670 | 85·5 | 37 | 4·7 |
| Health: child's weight | |||||||
| Much too underweight | 77 | 6 | 7·8 | 66 | 85·7 | 5 | 6·5 |
| Slightly too underweight | 944 | 48 | 5·1 | 836 | 88·6 | 60 | 6·4 |
| Proper weight | 4204 | 234 | 5·6 | 3812 | 90·7 | 158 | 3·8 |
| Slightly too overweight | 679 | 100 | 14·7 | 564 | 83·1 | 15 | 2·2 |
| Much too overweight | 58 | 14 | 24·1 | 41 | 70·7 | 3 | 5·2 |