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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 13.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2022 Nov 10;47(1):39–50. doi: 10.1038/s41366-022-01237-6

Table 4. Adjusted odds ratios for class membership according to maternal and paternal height, BMI, and weight status.

Lower
normal weight
(referent)
Higher
normal weight
Normal weight
increasing to overweight
Overweight
decreasing to normal weight
Overweight
increasing to obesity
X¯ or % X¯ or OR (95% CI) X¯ or OR (95% CI) X¯ or OR (95% CI) X¯ or OR (95% CI)
Boys
  Mother
Model 1   Height (cm/10) 16.21 16.21 0.87 (0.73, 1.02) 16.27 0.98 (0.86, 1.11) 16.30 1.18 (0.96, 1.46) 16.23 0.86 (0.74, 0.99)
Model 2   BMI (kg/m2) 23.4 25.3 1.13 (1.09, 1.17) 26.1 1.16 (1.14, 1.19) 25.2 1.12 (1.08, 1.16) 28.9 1.25 (1.22, 1.29)
Model 3   Weight Status
      Normal weight (referent) 71.8 57.6 -- 48.7 -- 55.7 -- 26.4 --
      Overweight 22.0 30.0 1.73 (1.31, 2.24) 32.9 2.16 (1.76, 2.65) 30.1 1.69 (1.20, 2.38) 35.2 3.93 (3.01, 5.14)
      Obese 6.2 12.4 2.47 (1.64, 3.77) 18.4 3.82 (2.82, 5.19) 14.2 2.62 (1.58, 4.33) 38.4 11.65 (8.39, 16.17)
  Father
Model 4   Height (cm/10) 17.53 17.61 1.01 (0.86, 1.19) 17.59 0.94 (0.83, 1.07) 17.56 1.05 (0.83, 1.31) 17.66 1.05 (0.89, 1.24)
Model 5   BMI (kg/m2) 24.6 25.6 1.08 (1.04, 1.13) 27.2 1.18 (1.14, 1.22) 25.9 1.11 (1.06, 1.17) 28.5 1.22 (1.18, 1.27)
Model 6   Weight Status
      Normal weight (referent) 60.7 46.1 -- 30.3 -- 42.4 -- 26.2 --
      Overweight 33.1 45.4 1.64 (1.27, 2.11) 49.7 2.53 (2.02, 3.17) 43.7 1.78 (1.25, 2.52) 38.9 2.03 (1.48, 2.78)
      Obese 6.2 8.5 1.39 (0.82, 2.38) 20.0 4.15 (2.96, 5.81) 13.9 2.73 (1.57, 4.76) 34.9 6.08 (4.18, 8.84)
Girls
  Mother
Model 7   Height (cm/10) 16.16 16.29 1.10 (0.94, 1.28) 16.27 1.08 (0.95, 1.23) 16.18 0.88 (0.71, 1.09) 16.31 1.12 (0.95, 1.33)
Model 8   BMI (kg/m2) 23.0 24.7 1.13 (1.09, 1.17) 26.9 1.24 (1.20, 1.28) 25.5 1.18 (1.14, 1.22) 29.5 1.31 (1.27, 1.35)
Model 9   Weight Status
      Normal weight (referent) 76.1 62.9 -- 40.0 -- 54.8 -- 26.7 --
      Overweight 18.7 28.5 1.86 (1.44, 2.41) 37.1 3.54 (2.82, 4.45) 30.5 2.22 (1.64, 3.01) 32.7 4.27 (3.08, 5.91)
      Obese 5.2 8.6 1.89 (1.18, 3.03) 22.9 6.78 (4.84, 9.50) 14.7 3.69 (2.37, 5.76) 40.6 14.16 (9.49, 21.13)
  Father
Model 10   Height (cm/10) 17.51 17.65 1.06 (0.91, 1.23) 17.57 0.94 (0.82, 1.08) 17.62 1.08 (0.90, 1.30) 17.58 0.90 (0.74, 1.09)
Model 11   BMI (kg/m2) 24.3 25.6 1.10 (1.06, 1.15) 27.1 1.22 (1.18, 1.26) 26.0 1.15 (1.11, 1.20) 29.6 1.31 (1.26, 1.37)
Model 12   Weight Status
      Normal weight (referent) 63.3 47.2 -- 31.9 -- 38.1 -- 18.1 --
      Overweight 31.3 44.4 1.65 (1.29, 2.11) 49.4 2.57 (2.04, 3.23) 51.4 2.46 (1.83, 3.31) 40.9 3.00 (1.97, 4.56)
      Obese 5.4 8.4 1.47 (0.90, 2.40) 18.7 4.29 (2.99, 6.15) 10.5 2.52 (1.45, 4.37) 41.0 10.52 (6.62, 16.73)

Means/proportions and 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 or paternal age, tenure, occupational class, maternal age left full-time education, and birth cohort