Table 2.

Maternal correlates of adolescent body mass index in American Indian and Alaska Natives, 1994

	Mother/daughter (N=287)			Mother/son (N=236)
	β	95% CI	p-value	β	95% CI	p-value
Adolescent variables
Age	0.18	−0.12, 0.47	0.247	0.51	0.13, 0.88	0.008
Frequency of playing sports	−0.10	−0.54, 0.34	0.646	0.30	−0.24, 0.83	0.276
Watches TV more than 10h/w	1.56	0.57, 2.56	0.002	1.59	0.33, 2.86	0.014
Maternal variables
Age	0.05	−0.04, 0.13	0.252	−0.10	−0.21, 0.00	0.055
Educational attainment
Less than high school	1.54	0.19, 2.89	0.025	1.65	−0.54, 3.83	0.140
High school graduate (ref.)
College graduate	−0.49	−1.66, 0.68	0.411	−0.14	−2.15, 1.86	0.889
Marital status
Never married	1.60	−0.28, 3.46	0.095	−0.94	−3.94, 2.05	0.537
Married (ref.)
Previously married	0.59	−0.60, 1.77	0.335	1.72	0.02, 3.43	0.048
Employment status
Unemployed (ref.)
Employed	−0.49	−1.58, 0.60	0.380	−0.77	−2.10, 0.57	0.261
Obesity status
Mother is obese	3.57	2.26, 4.87	<0.001	3.73	1.88, 5.57	<0.001

Note: β = β coefficient, CI = confidence interval.

Source: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adults Health, 1994.