Table 4.
Univariate Analysis of Risk for Filial Overweight and Severe Overweight, by Parental Smoking Habits, Level of Education, and Child's Immigrant Status, Ashkelon District, Israel, 1997 and 2000 (N = 8623)
| Overweight (BMI >85th Percentile)a | Severe Overweight (BMI >95th Percentile)a | |||
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| OR (95% CI)b | P Value | OR (95% CI)b | P Value | |
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| Immigrant status | ||||
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| CISc immigrant | 1.15 (0.97-1.34) | .11 | .92 (0.71-1.18) | .50 |
| Native Israeli | Reference | Reference | ||
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| Parental smokers | ||||
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| None | Reference | Reference | ||
| One | 1.30 (1.13-1.49) | <.001 | 1.49 (1.19-1.86) | <.001 |
| Two | 1.54 (1.28-1.85) | <.001 | 1.48 (1.09-2.00) | .01 |
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| Father's education | ||||
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| High school or less | 1.23 (1.07-1.41) | <.001 | 1.30 (1.04-1.63) | <.001 |
| Some college or more | Reference | Reference | ||
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| Mother's education | ||||
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| High school or less | 1.23 (1.08-1.40) | <.001 | 1.21 (0.99-1.50) | .06 |
| Some college or more | Reference | Reference | ||
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| Combined parental education | ||||
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| Neither attended college | 1.32 (1.12-1.54) | <.001 | 1.49 (1.09-2.04) | .01 |
| One attended college | 1.23 (1.01-1.50) | .04 | 1.40 (1.08-1.82) | .01 |
| Both attended college | Reference | Reference | ||
a
BMI indicates body mass index.
b
OR indicates odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
c
CIS indicates Commonwealth of Independent States.