Table 2.
The prevalence of overweight and difference in prevalence proportion in 2-17-year-old children whose parents lived separately at the time of study, stratified by country
| Overweight | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | (95% CI) | Diff a % | (95% CI) | P b | |
| Denmark | ||||||
| Overall | 1,610 | 11.2 | (9.6; 12.7) | |||
| Cohabiting | 152c | 11.0 | (9.4; 12.7) | |||
| Separate | 28c | 12.0 | (7.8; 16.1) | 0.9 | (-3.6; 5.4) | 0.69 |
| Finland | ||||||
| Overall | 1,240 | 16.5 | (14.5; 18.6) | |||
| Cohabiting | 165c | 16.0 | (13.8; 18.3) | |||
| Separate | 40c | 19.0 | (13.7; 24.4) | 3.0 | (-2.7; 8.8) | 0.30 |
| Iceland | ||||||
| Overall | 1,263 | 19.0 | (16.8; 21.2) | |||
| Cohabiting | 186c | 17.5 | (15.1; 19.7) | |||
| Separate | 54c | 26.9 | (20.7; 33.0) | 9.4 | (2.8; 15.9) | <0.01 |
| Norway | ||||||
| Overall | 1,279 | 15.3 | (13.3; 17.3) | |||
| Cohabiting | 158c | 14.8 | (12.7; 17.0) | |||
| Separate | 38c | 17.8 | (12.6; 22.8) | 2.8 | (-2.7; 8.4) | 0.32 |
| Sweden | ||||||
| Overall | 1,217 | 16.3 | (14.2; 18.3) | |||
| Cohabiting | 149c | 15.2 | (13.0; 17.5) | |||
| Separate | 49c | 20.5 | (15.4; 25.6) | 5.3 | (-0.3; 10.9) | 0.07 |
aDifference (prevalence proportion in Separate minus prevalence proportion in Cohabiting).
bP value, chi square test.
cn denotes the number of overweight children.
% denotes prevalence proportion.
CI denotes confidence interval.
Cohabiting: Parents of the child lived together.
Separate: Parents of the child lived separately.