Table 2. Age adjusted association between parental body mass index (BMI) based overweight and offspring BMI z-score (standard deviations from their means) in 1995–97 and 2006–08.
| Covariates | Daughters | Sons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995–97 | 2006–08 | 1995–97 | 2006–08 | |
| BMI z-score (CI) | BMI z-score (CI) | BMI z-score (CI) | BMI z-score (CI) | |
| Maternal overweightA/paternal normal weight | 0.33 (0.19, 0.46) | 0.37 (0.17, 0.57) | 0.33 (0.19, 0.46) | 0.38 (0.18, 0.58) |
| Maternal normal weight/Paternal overweightA | 0.29 (0.18, 0.40) | 0.25 (0.08, 0.42) | 0.34 (0.24, 0.45) | 0.37 (0.20, 0.53) |
| Both parent overweight | 0.76 (0.65, 0.87) | 0.64 (0.48, 0.80) | 0.76 (0.65, 0.87) | 0.69 (0.53, 0.85) |
| Maternal age | -0,02 (-0.04, -0.01) | -0,02 (-0.04, 0.01) | -0,00 (-0.01, 0.01) | -0,01 (-0.02, 0.01) |
| Paternal age | 0,02 (0.01, 0.03) | 0,01 (-0.00, 0.02) | 0,00 (-0.01, 0.01) | 0,00 (-0.01, 0.02) |
CI = 95% confidence interval
A BMI ≥ 25kg/m2
The numbers given are the linear mixed effects regression coefficients between the exposure variables and covariates given as row names and the (age adjusted) BMI z-score of the offspring.