Table 2.

Parental predictors of obesity at 6-8 years

Factors	Obese children n=99	Normal-weight children n=1296	OR (95%CI)	p
Father's BMI
<25 Kg/m2	n=11	n=147	0.98 (0.48-1.93)	0.9247
25-29 Kg/m2	n=73	n=969	0.95 (0.58-1.55)	0.9144
≥30 Kg/m2	n=15	n=180	1.11 (0.60-2.02)	0.8424
Mother's BMI
<25 Kg/m2	n=17	n=370	0.52 (0.29-0.91)	0.0203
25-29 Kg/m2	n=21	n=852	0.14 (0.08-0.24)	<0.0001
≥30 Kg/m2	n=61	n=74	26.51 (16.19-43.53)	<0.0001
Grandmother's BMI
<25 Kg/m2	n=11	n=396	0.28 (0.14-0.85)	0.01
25-29 Kg/m2	n=27	n=825	0.21 (0.13-0.35)	<0.0001
≥30 Kg/m2	n=61	n=75	26.13 (15.97-42.88)	<0.0001
Children in household
1-3	n=49	n=115	10.06 (6.35-15.96)	<0.0001
4-6	n=27	n=689	0.33 (0.20-0.53)	<0.0001
≥6	n=23	n=492	0.49 (0.30-0.82)	0.0048
Parental education
Primary school	n=14	n=757	0.12 (0.06-0.21)	<0.0001
High school	n=32	n=480	0.81 (0.51-1.28)	0.4067
Higher education	n=53	n=59	24.16 (14.65-39.90)	<0.0001
Household income
Low	n=19	n=361	0.62 (0.36-1.05)	0.0802
Medium	n=32	n=831	0.27 (0.17-0.42)	<0.0001
High	n=48	n=104	10.79 (6.77-17.19)	<0.0001
Familial obesity
Yes	n=69	n=123	21.93 (13.42-35.98)	<0.0001
No	n=30	n=1173	0.05 (0.03-0.07)	<0.0001

OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval. p-value for significance.