Table 3.

Background characteristics and need factors related to parental beliefs about the causes of overweight and intentions about genetic testing for their child

	Belief genetics causes overweight			Belief behaviour causes overweight			Intentions about genetic testing for child
	(−2 = lowest; 2 = highest)			(−2 = lowest; 2 = highest)			(−2 = lowest; 2 = highest)
	N	Mean (sd)	P valuea	N	Mean (sd)	P value	N	Mean (sd)	P value
Background characteristics
Gender of the parent
Male	103	−0.16 (0.58)	0.834	102	1.25 (0.72)	0.089	103	0.35 (1.08)	0.071
Female	757	−0.15 (0.52)		763	1.37 (0.67)		759	0.15 (1.05)
Parent’s age
20-35 years	188	−0.10 (0.53)	0.081	192	1.36 (0.68)	0.942	190	0.44 (1.06)	0.000**
36-40 years	241	−0.18 (0.56)		238	1.34 (0.66)		239	0.01 (1.05)
>40 years	280	−0.20 (0.49)		283	1.36 (0.67)		280	0.12 (1.05)
Parental education
Low	312	−0.10 (0.56)	0.002**	316	1.26 (0.82)	0.001**	315	0.45 (1.02)	0.000**
Intermediate	342	−0.15 (0.51)		344	1.40 (0.61)		341	0.06 (1.03)
High	180	−0.27 (0.48)		179	1.48 (0.52)		180	−0.17 (1.05)
Parental ethnicity
Dutch	619	−0.18 (0.47)	0.003**	640	1.44 (0.57)	0.000**	616	−0.06 (1.01)	0.000**
Turkish	246	−0.07 (0.63)		223	1.14 (0.87)		250	0.75 (0.93)
Need
BMI parent
Normal weight	474	−0.18 (0.48)	0.444	478	1.44 (0.62)	0.000**	473	0.00 (1.03)	0.000**
Overweight	343	−0.13 (0.58)		341	1.27 (0.71)		343	0.40 (1.02)
BMI child
Normal weight	631	−0.18 (0.50)	0.102	636	1.39 (0.62)	0.000**	631	0.09 (1.05)	0.000**
Overweight	118	−0.08 (0.63)		118	1.15 (0.89)		118	0.73 (0.88)
Perceived parent weight
Too low	38	0.02 (0.52)	0.021*	37	1.38 (0.58)	0.849	37	0.16 (1.30)	0.001**
Normal	414	−0.10 (0.50)		420	1.37 (0.71)		415	0.04 (1.03)
Too high	405	−0.13 (0.54)		405	1.34 (0.65)		407	0.32 (1.03)
Perceived child weight
Too low	85	−0.10 (0.49)	0.251	86	1.39 (0.68)	0.006**	84	−0.03 (1.12)	0.000**
Normal	573	−0.18 (0.51)		578	1.38 (0.65)		575	0.09 (1.01)
Too high	105	−0.12 (0.62)		105	1.15 (0.85)		105	0.81 (0.87)

^aT tests and one-way ANOVAs

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01