Table 1.
Characteristics of the total study population and according to children’s weight status (n = 7505)
| Frequency in study population (%) (unless otherwise specified) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Total |
Child has overweight (obesity included)a |
P- valueb |
|
| |
|
No (n = 6847) |
Yes (n = 658) |
|
| Parent characteristics | ||||
| Mean age, years (SD) |
36.8 (4.5) |
36.9 (4.5) |
36.3 (4.8) |
<.01 |
| Mother is respondent |
6639 (88.5) |
6055 (88.4) |
584 (88.8) |
.81 |
| Low educational levelc |
1470 (19.6) |
1274 (18.6) |
196 (29.8) |
<.001 |
| Not employed |
1888 (25.2) |
1699 (24.8) |
189 (28.7) |
<.05 |
| Single parent |
506 (6.7) |
437 (6.4) |
69 (10.5) |
<.001 |
| Child characteristics | ||||
| Mean age, years (SD) |
5.7 (0.4) |
5.7 (0.4) |
5.8 (0.4) |
.22 |
| Boy |
3820 (50.9) |
3567 (52.1) |
253 (38.4) |
<.001 |
| Non-Dutch ethnicity |
1044 (13.9) |
909 (13.3) |
135 (20.3) |
<.001 |
| Mean BMI (SD) |
15.5 (1.5) |
15.2 (1.1) |
18.7 (1.4) |
<.001 |
| Child risk behaviors |
|
|
|
|
| Having breakfast <7 days/week |
488 (6.5) |
415 (6.1) |
73 (11.1) |
<.001 |
| Drinking sweet beverages >2 glasses/day |
4826 (64.3) |
4377 (63.9) |
449 (68.2) |
<.05 |
| Playing outside <1 h/day |
486 (6.5) |
445 (6.5) |
41 (6.2) |
.79 |
| Watching TV >2 hs/day |
1430 (19.1) |
1261 (18.4) |
169 (25.7) |
<.001 |
| Number of child risk behaviors present | ||||
| None |
2059 (27.4) |
1922 (28.1) |
137 (20.8) |
<.001 |
| Only 1 |
3686 (51.5) |
3530 (51.6) |
338 (51.4) |
|
| Any 2 |
1386 (18.5) |
1231 (18.0) |
155 (23.6) |
|
| Any 3 or all | 192 (2.6) | 164 (2.4) | 28 (4.3) | |
aAccording to the age and sex specific cut-off points for BMI as published by the IOTF [34]
bP-value for difference between overweight no/yes
cLow education level = no education, primary education, lower secondary vocational education, and preparatory secondary vocational education