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. 2013 Aug 6;173(1):45–52. doi: 10.1007/s00431-013-2109-1

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for the height, weight, BMI, waist, prevalence of overweight including obesity, and obesity according to the independent variables

Variable Height Weight BMI Waist Overweight (including obesity) Obesity
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) % %
Boys
 Maternal education Primary −0.27 (1.00) −0.23 (1.02) −0.12 (0.99) −0.15 (1.00) 14.5 3.0
Vocational −0.15 (1.01) −0.09 (1.02) −0.03 (1.02) −0.06 (1.03) 18.5 4.1
Secondary 0.07 (0.98) 0.06 (0.98) 0.03 (1.00) 0.04 (0.98) 19.5 5.2
University 0.13 (0.99) 0.05 (0.97) −0.01 (0.99) −0.01 (1.00) 18.0 3.6
 Paternal education Primary −0.14 (1.02) −0.13 (0.97) −0.07 (0.95) −0.07 (0.96) 16.7 2.6
Vocational −0.09 (1.01) −0.05 (1.04) −0.01 (1.03) −0.02 (1.02) 18.7 4.8
Secondary 0.06 (0.98) 0.05 (0.98) 0.02 (1.00) 0.01 (1.00) 18.9 4.8
University 0.17 (0.96) 0.06 (0.92) −0.02 (0.96) −0.01 (0.96) 17.6 2.8
 Income per capita ≤500 PLN −0.12 (1.01) −0.12 (1.01) −0.08 (1.00) −0.10 (1.00) 16.5 3.8
501–1,000 PLN 0.07 (0.99) 0.06 (0.99) 0.04 (1.00) 0.04 (1.00) 19.6 5.0
1,001–1,500 PLN 0.10 (0.97) 0.14 (1.00) 0.12 (1.02) 0.12 (1.01) 23.0 5.4
>1,500 PLN 0.13 (0.95) 0.10 (0.95) 0.04 (0.98) 0.03 (0.99) 19.4 3.9
 Number of children 1 0.15 (0.97) 0.24 (1.02) 0.22 (1.05) 0.21 (1.05) 27.9 7.7
2 0.05 (0.99) 0.06 (0.98) 0.04 (1.00) 0.04 (1.00) 19.9 4.7
3 −0.01 (1.01) −0.03 (0.99) −0.04 (0.99) −0.06 (0.99) 16.5 4.0
4 or more −0.26 (0.98) −0.29 (0.97) −0.22 (0.97) −0.23 (0.95) 11.9 1.9
 Dwelling Rural −0.07 (1.00) −0.07 (1.00) −0.04 (0.99) −0.06 (0.98) 17.7 4.1
Urban 0.02 (1.00) 0.03 (1.00) 0.02 (1.02) 0.02 (1.01) 18.9 4.5
 Girls
 Maternal education Primary −0.28 (1.06) −0.06 (1.07) 0.09 (1.00) 0.10 (1.03) 16.9 2.2
Vocational −0.17 (1.01) −0.08 (1.06) −0.01 (1.05) 0.02 (1.06) 14.3 3.2
Secondary 0.00 (0.99) −0.01 (1.00) −0.01 (1.03) −0.01 (1.02) 14.6 3.3
University 0.16 (0.98) 0.06 (0.96) −0.03 (0.98) −0.01 (0.96) 14.3 2.4
 Paternal education Primary −0.26 (1.02) −0.04 (1.07) 0.09 (1.02) 0.11 (1.05) 16.4 3.4
Vocational −0.12 (1.02) −0.05 (1.05) 0.00 (1.04) 0.02 (1.04) 15.0 3.5
Secondary 0.03 (0.97) −0.02 (1.00) −0.04 (1.02) −0.02 (1.01) 14.2 2.5
University 0.19 (1.02) 0.05 (0.93) −0.03 (0.93) −0.04 (0.94) 13.0 1.7
 Income per capita ≤500 PLN −0.15 (1.02) −0.09 (1.03) −0.03 (1.02) −0.02 (1.03) 13.7 2.7
501–1,000 PLN 0.03 (0.98) 0.07 (1.04) 0.06 (1.07) 0.08 (1.04) 17.2 4.1
1,001–1,500 PLN 0.12 (0.98) 0.00 (0.97) −0.06 (0.99) −0.04 (0.99) 13.6 2.6
>1,500 PLN 0.02 (1.05) −0.01 (0.93) −0.02 (0.90) −0.07 (0.94) 12.1 1.5
 Number of children 1 0.11 (1.00) 0.12 (1.03) 0.09 (1.04) 0.12 (1.06) 20.1 4.1
2 0.01 (1.01) 0.04 (1.02) 0.04 (1.04) 0.04 (1.03) 15.8 3.7
3 −0.10 (0.97) −0.11 (1.01) −0.09 (1.02) −0.05 (1.00) 12.8 2.4
4 or more −0.21 (1.03) −0.14 (1.00) −0.05 (0.97) −0.05 (1.00) 11.3 1.7
 Dwellinga Rural −0.14 (1.01) −0.08 (1.03) −0.02 (1.03) −0.01 (1.03) 16.1 3.3
Urban −0.03 (1.01) −0.02 (1.02) −0.01 (1.02) 0.01 (1.01) 14.0 2.9

aOnly pupils from primary and middle schools; height, weight, BMI, and waist expressed as z-score