Table 3 |
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Children's BMI class compared to mother' BMI class |
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CHILD |
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Underweighta (%) |
Normalweightb (%) |
Overweight (%) |
Obese (%) |
Total No. (%) |
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MOTHER |
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Under-normal weight |
0.8 |
74.2 |
20.0 |
5.0 |
1273 (100) |
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Overweight |
0.4 |
56.1 |
29.9 |
13.6 |
279 (100) |
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Obese |
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48.2 |
21.4 |
30.3 |
68 (100) |
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Total No. |
11 |
1119 |
358 |
132 |
1620 |
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Chi square for trend |
p = 0.24 |
p < 0.001 |
p = 0.046 |
p < 0.001 |
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Kendall's τb |
p < 0.001 |
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a The underweight class include thinness 2 and 3. b The Normal class include normal and thinness 1. |
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Lazzeri et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:76 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-76 |
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