TABLE 1.

Empirical λ values and 95% CIs for obesity from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey¹

Percentile cutoff for defining obesity	Mothers and children (n = 4427 pairs)	Fathers and children (n = 4351 pairs)
≥50	1.07 (1.04, 1.10)	1.10 (1.07, 1.15)
≥85	1.51 (1.34, 1.74)	1.69 (1.50, 1.91)
≥95	2.61 (2.18, 4.11)	2.80 (2.30, 4.25)

¹This table was modified from reference 15.