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Table 6 Relationship between children's BMI class and father' educational level

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

 

CHILD

Educational level

Underweight

(%)

Normalweight

(%)

Overweight

(%)

Obese

(%)

Total

No. (%)

FATHER

     

   Low

1.1

69.4

20.0

9.5

704 (100)

   Medium

0.2

68.0

24.7

7.1

653 (100)

   High

0.1

75.5

19.9

4.5

223 (100)

Total No.

10

1087

352

131

1580

Chi square for trend

p = 0.03

p = 0.07

p = 0.12

p = 0.03

 

Kendall's Ï„ b

    

p = 0.012