Table 3.

Risk of weight misclassification as normal/underweight among caregivers of overweight/obese children by child and caregiver characteristics in Magallanes, Chile, 2009–2010.

Risk Factor	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	p	Adjusted OR* (95% CI)	p
Sex of child
Female	1.00 (Ref)		1.00 (Ref)
Male	1.21 (0.84, 1.74)	0.30	1.16 (0.79, 1.71)	0.45
Age (years)
0–2	1.14 (0.66, 1.98)	0.63	1.13 (0.65, 1.97)	0.65
3–5	1.00 (Ref)		1.00 (Ref)
6–8	0.38 (0.23, 0.64)	<0.001	0.38 (0.22, 0.63)	<0.001
9+	0.19 (0.11, 0.33)	<0.001	0.19 (0.11, 0.33)	<0.001
Caregiver relationship to child
Mother	1.00 (Ref)		1.00 (Ref)
(Step)father/both	0.92 (0.53, 1.60)	0.77	1.07 (0.59, 1.94)	0.83
parents
Grandparent(s)	3.73 (0.79, 17.47)	0.10	4.33 (0.88, 21.26)	0.07
Other	1.03 (0.27, 3.91)	0.96	0.86 (0.21, 3.50)	0.84
Caregiver level of education
Elementary School	1.00 (Ref)		1.00 (Ref)
High School	0.98 (0.57, 1.67)	0.94	1.00 (0.57, 1.75)	>0.99
Technical School	0.49 (0.27, 0.89)	0.02	0.59 (0.32, 1.10)	0.10
University	0.33 (0.16, 0.72)	.01	0.42 (0.19, 0.94)	0.03
Child’s daily TV/ videogame/ computer use
< 1 hour	1.00 (Ref)		1.00 (Ref)
1 hour	0.73 (0.42, 1.28)	0.27	0.99 (0.55, 1.79)	0.98
2 hours	0.48 (0.28, 0.82)	0.01	0.79 (0.44, 1.40)	0.41
3 hours	0.41 (0.22, 0.75)	0.004	0.68 (0.35, 1.31)	0.25
4 hours	0.20 (0.08,0.48)	<0.001	0.37 (0.14, 0.95)	0.04
5+ hours	0.46 (0.17, 1.28)	0.14	0.91 (0.31, 2.69)	0.87
Perception of child’s eating
Less than normal	2.30 (0.85, 6.21)	0.10	1.80 (0.65, 5.03)	0.26
Normal	1.00 (Ref)		1.00 (Ref)
More than normal	0.07 (0.04, 0.14)	<0.001	0.08 (0.04, 0.14)	<0.001
Child’s level of physical activity
Less than normal	0.29 (0.18, 0.47)	<0.001	0.46 (0.27, 0.78)	0.004
Normal	1.00 (Ref)		1.00 (Ref)
More than normal	0.87 (0.52, 1.45)	0.59	0.78 (0.46, 1.32)	0.35

^*Adjusted for sex and age of the child