Table 1.
Characteristics of the samples
|
Variable |
Test sample(N = 273) |
Retest sample(N = 100) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous | Mean(sd) | Mean(sd) | ||
| Age (years) |
|
|
||
| Mother |
40.35 (7.01) |
41.70 (6.75) |
||
| Father |
42.84 (7.33) |
44.20 (7.25) |
||
| Child |
7.88 (2.73) |
8.08 (2.78) |
||
| Number of siblings |
2.30 (1.04) |
2.25 (1.03) |
||
| BMI |
|
|
||
| Mother |
24.93 (4.18) |
25.12 (4.34) |
||
| Father |
25.33 (3.34) |
25.25 (3.43) |
||
| Child |
16.31 (2.24) |
16.51 (2.18) |
||
| BMI z-score child |
−0.08 (1.00) |
−0.03 (0.94) |
||
|
Categorical |
N |
% |
N |
% |
| Child sex |
|
|
|
|
| Male |
140 |
51.3 |
50 |
50.0 |
| Female |
133 |
48.7 |
50 |
50.0 |
| Relation to child |
|
|
|
|
| Biological mother |
209 |
76.6 |
78 |
78.0 |
| Biological father |
56 |
20.5 |
19 |
19.0 |
| Stepmother |
2 |
0.7 |
1 |
1.0 |
| Stepfather |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
6 |
2.2 |
2 |
2.0 |
| Mother’s education |
|
|
|
|
| Low |
4 |
1.5 |
1 |
1.0 |
| Medium |
86 |
31.5 |
27 |
27.0 |
| High |
177 |
64.8 |
70 |
70.0 |
| Missing |
6 |
2.2 |
2 |
2.0 |
| Father’s education |
|
|
|
|
| Low |
16 |
5.9 |
5 |
5.0 |
| Medium |
88 |
32.2 |
27 |
27.0 |
| High |
163 |
59.7 |
66 |
66.0 |
| Missing |
6 |
2.2 |
2 |
2.0 |
| Mother employed |
|
|
|
|
| No |
51 |
18.7 |
18 |
18.0 |
| Yes |
216 |
79.1 |
80 |
80.0 |
| Missing |
6 |
2.2 |
2 |
2.0 |
| Father employed |
|
|
|
|
| No |
20 |
7.3 |
9 |
9.0 |
| Yes |
247 |
90.5 |
89 |
89.0 |
| Missing |
6 |
2.2 |
2 |
2.0 |
| Mother’s weight category |
|
|
|
|
| Underweight |
3 |
1.1 |
1 |
1.0 |
| Healthy weight |
150 |
54.9 |
57 |
57.0 |
| Overweight |
90 |
33.0 |
31 |
31.0 |
| Obesity |
30 |
11.0 |
11 |
11.0 |
| Father’s weight category |
|
|
|
|
| Underweight |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Healthy weight |
139 |
50.9 |
47 |
47.0 |
| Overweight |
110 |
40.3 |
47 |
47.0 |
| Obesity |
24 |
8.8 |
6 |
6.0 |
| Child’s weight category |
|
|
|
|
| Healthy weight |
242 |
88.6 |
87 |
87.0 |
| Overweight |
16 |
5.9 |
6 |
6.0 |
| Obesity | 15 | 5.5 | 7 | 7.0 |