Table 4.
Variables associated to obesity perception
| |
Cluster 1: Obesity as unfavorable condition |
Cluster 2: Obesity as not unfavorable condition |
Odds ratio (OR) |
95% Confidence interval |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(n = 864) |
(n = 471) |
||||
| % (n) | % (n) | ||||
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
| Boys (reference) |
49.1 (424) |
49.7 (234) |
1.00 |
(0.8, 1.2) |
0.93 |
| Girls |
50.9 (440) |
50.3 (237) |
0.99 |
|
|
|
Age (years) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 6 to 8 (reference) |
34.8 (301) |
25.5 (120) |
|
|
|
| 9 to 10 |
25.0 (216) |
26.7 (126) |
0.69 |
(0.5, 0.9) |
0.02 |
| 11 to 12 |
40.2 (347) |
47.8 (225) |
0.64 |
(0.5, 0.9) |
0.003 |
|
Body weight status |
|
|
|
|
|
| Normal (reference) |
49.1 (425) |
48.2 (227) |
|
|
|
| Underweight |
7.2 (62) |
4.6 (22) |
0.71 |
(0.4, 1.2) |
0.22 |
| Overweight |
24.7 (213) |
26.6 (125) |
0.74 |
(0.4, 1.3) |
0.31 |
| Obese |
19.0 (164) |
20.6 (97) |
0.70 |
(0.4, 1.3) |
0.26 |
|
Body weight status self-perception |
|
|
|
|
|
| Normal (reference) |
50.7 (438) |
49.9 (235) |
|
|
|
| Underweight |
9.5 (82) |
6.6 (31) |
1.68 |
(1.0, 2.7) |
0.03 |
| Overweight |
36.9 (319) |
40.1 (189) |
0.99 |
(0.7, 1.3) |
0.97 |
| Obese |
2.9 (25) |
3.4 (16) |
0.87 |
(0.4, 1.7) |
0.71 |
|
Perception of his/her mother* (n = 1,328) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Normal (reference) |
33.8 (290) |
32.5 (153) |
|
|
|
| Underweight |
3.6 (31) |
6.4 (30) |
0.47 |
(0.3, 0.8) |
0.01 |
| Overweight |
60.3 (517) |
59.0 (278) |
1.01 |
(0.8, 1.3) |
0.93 |
| Obese |
2.2 (19) |
2.1 (10) |
1.21 |
(0.5, 2.8) |
0.67 |
|
Perception of his/her father* (n = 1,260) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Normal (reference) |
28.5 (232) |
27.0 (121) |
|
|
|
| Underweight |
4.4 (36) |
5.1 (23) |
0.54 |
(0.4, 1.5) |
0.53 |
| Overweight |
64.4 (523) |
64.3 (288) |
0.99 |
(0.7, 1.3) |
0.94 |
| Obese | 2.7 (21) | 3.6 (16) | 0.69 | (0.3, 1.4) | 0.31 |
Multivariable logistic regression.
*Motherless and fatherless children were excluded from the analysis.