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. 2014 Oct 16;14:271. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-271

Table 3.

Family history of obesity and chronic diseases according to the BMI categories of individuals with congenital heart disease

Variables Total 316 (%) Underweight/Normal weight 231 (%) Excess weight 85 (%) PR CI (95%) P
1st-degree relative with
  obesity 68 (21.5) 39 (16.9) 29 (34.1) 1.26 1.07-1.49 0.002
  dyslipidemia 52 (16.5) 27 (11.7) 25 (29.4) 1.25 1.08-1.45 <0.001
  diabetes 38 (12.0) 20 (8.6) 18 (21.2) 1.16 1.03-1.3 0.005
  hypertension 74 (23.4) 45 (19.5) 29 (34.1) 1.22 1.04-1.44 0.010
  heart disease/ischemic disease 32 (10.1) 18 (7.8) 14 (16.5) 1.1 0.99-1.22 0.040

PR: prevalence ratio; CI: confidence interval.