Table 3.
Estimated prevalence ratios from uni- and multivariate Poisson regression models for the prediction of excess body weight according to the sexual maturation of school children aged 8–14 years from Florianópolis, South of Brazil, 2007
| Sexual maturation classification |
Males |
Females |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude prevalence ratio (95% CI)* | Adjusted prevalence ratio (95% CI)* § | p § | Crude prevalence ratio (95% CI)* | Adjusted prevalence ratio (95% CI)* § | p § | |
| Early |
0.99 (0.75;1.32) |
0.98 (0.73; 1.32) |
0.891 |
1.63 (1.23; 2.16) |
1.70 (1.24; 2.33) |
0.004 |
| Normal |
1 |
1 |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
| Late | 0.71 (0.55; 0.93) | 0.78 (0.59; 1.02) | 0.067 | 0.69 (0.51; 0.95) | 0.57 (0.37; 0.87) | 0.014 |
*95% confidence interval;
§Poisson regression model, adjusted for maternal BMI, active commuting, age, birth weight, school type and interaction between maternal BMI and school type.