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Table 7 Relationship between children's BMI class and mother' 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. (%)

MOTHER

     

   Low

0.8

69.1

20.8

9.3

534 (100)

   Medium

0.6

70.0

21.9

7.5

837 (100)

   High

0.5

69.8

23.9

5.8

298 (100)

Total No.

11

1147

371

140

1669 (100)

Chi square for trend

p = 0.76

p = 0.93

p = 0.59

p = 0.15

 

Kendall's Ï„ b

    

p = 0.19