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Published in final edited form as: Clin Nurs Res. 2013 Jul 3;24(2):156–171. doi: 10.1177/1054773813493286

Table 2.

The Prevalence Distribution of Overweight and Obesity in the Investigated Children Associated With Maternal Factors.

Maternal age at birth	n^a	Overweight(%)	Obesity(%)	Overweight + obesity(%)
≤24	30	4 (13.3)	1 (3.3)	5 (16.7)
25–29	94	15 (16.0)	7 (7.4)	22 (23.4)
≥30	12	2 (16.7)	1 (8.3)	3 (25.0)
χ²		.236	.788	.710
p		1.000	.740	.750^b
Breast-feeding practice
Breast-feeding only or mostly	83	16 (19.3)	5 (6.0)	21 (25.3)
Bottle feeding only or mostly	10	1 (10.0)	1 (10.0)	2 (20)
Half and half	13	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Fisher’s exact test		p = .683	p = .505	p = 1.000

Note:

The sample size for some variables is different from the overall sample size due to missing information.

χ²-test.