Table 3. Proportion of children categorised as being normal weight, overweight or obese at each wave, with mean Wave 2 (6–7 years) and Wave 3 (8–9 years) standardised maternal protectiveness scores.

		Wave 2 (6–7 Years)		Wave 3 (8–9 Years)
	N (weighted %)	Mean Score (SE)	p-value	Mean Score (SE)	p-value
Wave 1 (4–5 years)
Normal	2431 (79.6)	−0.03 (0.02)	ref	−0.08 (0.03)	ref
Overweight	461 (15.4)	0.07 (0.05)	.350	−0.06 (0.05)	.777
Obese	147 (5.0)	0.15 (0.09)	.034	0.19 (0.09)	.005
Wave 2 (6–7 years)
Normal	2499 (81.5)	−0.03 (0.02)	ref	−0.08 (0.03)	ref
Overweight	392 (13.1)	0.06 (0.06)	.145	−0.06 (0.06)	.730
Obese	148 (5.4)	0.20 (0.09)	.019	0.30 (0.09)	<.001
Wave 3 (8–9 years)
Normal	2368 (76.7)	−0.05 (0.02)	ref	−0.09 (0.03)	ref
Overweight	497 (16.8)	0.07 (0.05)	.028	−0.03 (0.05)	.281
Obese	174 (6.5)	0.26 (0.08)	<.001	0.31 (0.08)	<.001
Wave 4 (10–11 years)
Normal	2132 (73.6)	−0.07 (0.03)	ref	−0.10 (0.03)	ref
Overweight	555 (20.1)	0.04 (0.05)	.036	−0.06 (0.05)	.421
Obese	156 (6.3)	0.29 (0.09)	<.001	0.34 (0.08)	<.001