Table 4.
Associations between parental and child BMI
| Parental BMI (within couples) | Child BMI above the reference 85th percentile | Child BMI above the reference 95th percentile | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | OR (CI) | OR (CI) | n (%) | OR (CI) | OR (CI) | |
| n = 553 | Crude1 | Adjusted1,2 | Crude1 | Adjusted1,3 | |||
| Neither overweight/obese | 191 (30) | 51 (28) | 1 | 1 | 15 (8) | 1 | 1 |
| Only mother overweight/obese | 61 (10) | 21 (32) | 1.20 (0.62–2.31) | 1.26 (0.65–2.47) | 11 (17) | 2.68 (1.10–6.53) | 2.66 (1.09–6.52) |
| Only father overweight/obese | 192 (30) | 59 (31) | 1.14 (0.72–1.79) | 1.11 (0.69–1.78) | 32 (17) | 2.40 (1.21–4.77) | 2.31 (1.15–4.65) |
| Both overweight/obese | 109 (17) | 58 (47) | 2.47 (1.48–4.11) | 2.48 (1.47–4.21) | 22 (18) | 2.95 (1.40–6.22) | 2.85 (1.34–6.06) |
| RERI | 1.13 | 1.11 | −1.13 | −1.12 | |||
1Crude and adjusted logistic regression was used for the calculation of OR. In the adjusted analyses, socio–demographic variables with p–values <0.10 in the crude analyses were included
2Analysis adjusted for mothers’ employment, siblings, and mothers’ country of origin
3Analysis adjusted for mothers’ employment and siblings