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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 20.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2009 Nov 25;30(3):E1–E11. doi: 10.1177/0272989X09351749

Table 3.

Transitions probabilities (standard errors) across children (6 – 17 years) BMI categories.

2001–2002 (Panel 6) 2004–2005 (Panel 9) Difference between 2004–2005 & 2001–2002
Normal Risk of
Overweight		 Overweight
Class 1		 Overweight
Class 2		 Normal Risk of
Overweight		 Overweight
Class 1		 Overweight
Class 2		 Normal Risk of
Overweight		 Overweight
Class 1		 Overweight
Class 2
Normal 0.843+ (0.013) 0.109+ (0.009) 0.041+ (0.005) 0.007+ (0.001) Normal 0.709+ (0.079) 0.157+ (0.04) 0.077+ (0.031) 0.056 (0.047) Normal −0.133+ (0.08) 0.048 (0.041) 0.036 (0.032) 0.049 (0.047)
Risk of Overweight 0.474+ (0.026) 0.288+ (0.015) 0.195+ (0.016) 0.043+ (0.006) Risk of Overweight 0.440+ (0.151) 0.163+ (0.068) 0.057 (0.044) 0.34+ (0.158) Risk of Overweight −0.034 (0.153) −0.125 (0.07) −0.137+ (0.047) 0.296+ (0.150)
Overweight Class 1 0.211+ (0.019) 0.250+ (0.015) 0.388+ (0.020) 0.152+ (0.016) Overweight Class 1 0.117 (0.143) 0.214+ (0.085) 0.218+ (0.106) 0.452+ (0.209) Overweight Class 1 −0.094 (0.145) −0.036 (0.087) −0.170 (0.107) 0.300 (0.210)
Overweight Class 2 0.010 (0.015) 0.023 (0.023) 0.118+ (0.034) 0.849+ (0.062) Overweight Class 2 0.534+ (0.210) 0.083+ (0.04) 0.232+ (0.074) 0.151 (0.189) Overweight Class 2 0.525+ (0.211) 0.059 (0.046) 0.114 (0.081) −0.698+ (0.199)
+

p-value < 0.05.