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Table 3 Children's BMI class compared to mother' BMI class

From: Relationship between 8/9-yr-old school children BMI, parents' BMI and educational level: a cross sectional survey

 

CHILD

 

Underweighta

(%)

Normalweightb (%)

Overweight (%)

Obese

(%)

Total

No. (%)

MOTHER

     

Under-normal weight

0.8

74.2

20.0

5.0

1273 (100)

Overweight

0.4

56.1

29.9

13.6

279 (100)

Obese

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48.2

21.4

30.3

68 (100)

Total No.

11

1119

358

132

1620

Chi square for trend

p = 0.24

p < 0.001

p = 0.046

p < 0.001

 

Kendall's Ï„ b

    

p < 0.001

  1. a The underweight class include thinness 2 and 3.
  2. b The Normal class include normal and thinness 1.
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