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. 2013 Jul 23;8(7):e69676. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069676

Table 2. Prevalence of weight trajectory classes by family and neighbourhood socioeconomic status.

% children in weight trajectory per family SES quintile % children in weight trajectory per neighbourhood SES quintile
Latent class Most advantaged 2nd quintile 3rd quintile 4th quintile Most disadvantaged Most advantaged 2nd quintile 3rd quintile 4th quintile Most disadvantaged
Trajectories of overweight
Persistent overweight 8.9 13.5 14.0 17.1 19.1 11.8 13.9 13.5 15.5 17.3
Late overweight 11.1 11.6 15.0 15.0 16.1 11.8 14.4 12.9 13.8 15.7
Resolving overweight 2.9 2.3 3.0 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.3 2.8 2.9 2.9
Stable normal weight 77.0 72.6 68.0 65.2 61.9 73.6 69.5 70.8 67.8 64.2
Trajectories of overweight and obesity
Persistent obese 3.4 7.2 6.6 8.9 11.5 5.3 6.2 6.5 8.1 10.7
Late overweight 15.8 16.6 21.8 22.2 23.1 17.3 20.8 19.1 20.7 21.2
Stable normal weight 80.3 76.2 71.6 68.9 65.4 77.4 73.0 74.4 71.2 68.1
Trajectories of BMI
High rising 2.7 4.9 4.2 6.9 8.4 3.8 4.3 4.5 5.5 8.3
Moderately rising 22.2 23.2 28.4 29.8 31.3 24.0 27.0 26.3 28.0 28.9
Stable normal weight 75.1 71.9 67.3 63.3 69.3 72.2 68.7 69.2 66.5 62.8
Trajectories of BMI z-scores
High rising 6.5 10.8 10.9 13.9 16.2 8.5 10.6 10.6 12.6 15.0
Moderately rising 26.9 25.0 29.5 30.7 30.7 27.3 28.9 29.2 27.9 29.3
Stable normal weight 40.9 36.5 35.6 33.2 31.0 39.0 35.1 37.0 35.3 31.5
Stable low 20.6 21.7 19.2 18.7 17.4 20.4 20.1 19.3 19.5 18.8
Stable very low 5.1 6.1 4.8 3.5 4.8 4.9 5.3 3.9 4.7 5.4