Table 6.
Adjusted odds ratios for class membership according to different combinations of maternal and paternal weight status.
| Lower normal weight (referent) | Higher normal weight | Normal weight increasing to overweight | Overweight decreasing to normal weight | Overweight increasing to obesity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | ||
| Boys | ||||||||||
| Model 1 | Both parents’ normal weight (referent) | 49.9 | 32.8 | – | 25.4 | – | 32.1 | – | 15.5 | – |
| Mother (but not father) overweight or obese | 17.3 | 24.1 | 2.15 (1.60, 2.90) | 24.4 | 2.60 (2.03, 3.32) | 21.8 | 1.82 (1.20, 2.77) | 41.4 | 6.47 (4.83, 8.67) | |
| Father (but not mother) overweight or obese | 23.2 | 26.6 | 1.71 (1.29, 2.25) | 26.7 | 2.32 (1.84, 2.92) | 24.2 | 1.64 (1.11, 2.42) | 19.6 | 3.08 (2.23, 4.25) | |
| Both parents overweight or obese | 9.6 | 16.5 | 2.64 (1.84, 3.79) | 23.5 | 5.12 (3.88, 6.72) | 21.9 | 3.53 (2.31, 5.39) | 23.5 | 9.01 (6.37, 12.75) | |
| Girls | ||||||||||
| Model 2 | Both parents’ normal weight (referent) | 54.4 | 37.6 | – | 21.7 | – | 28.7 | – | 17.0 | – |
| Mother (but not father) overweight or obese | 14.4 | 21.4 | 2.20 (1.63, 2.97) | 29.1 | 4.65 (3.54, 6.09) | 24.1 | 3.12 (2.19, 4.43) | 35.9 | 6.51 (4.58, 9.26) | |
| Father (but not mother) overweight or obese | 23.0 | 26.4 | 1.69 (1.31, 2.18) | 22.9 | 2.69 (2.08, 3.49) | 28.8 | 2.36 (1.71, 3.25) | 18.7 | 3.17 (2.16, 4.65) | |
| Both parents overweight or obese | 8.2 | 14.6 | 2.69 (1.88, 3.87) | 26.3 | 8.73 (6.40, 11.91) | 18.4 | 4.24 (2.81, 6.39) | 28.4 | 13.11 (8.74, 19.66) | |
Odds ratios weighted by estimated class probabilities using the 3-step BCH approach in Mplus, using FIML to handle missing data.
Models adjusted for ethnicity, maternal and paternal age, tenure, occupational class, maternal age left full-time education, and birth cohort.