Table 4 |
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Children's BMI class compared to father's BMI class |
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CHILD |
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Underweighta (%) |
Normalweightb (%) |
Overweight (%) |
Obese (%) |
Total No. (%) |
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FATHER |
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Under-normal weight c |
0.9 |
76.3 |
18.8 |
4.0 |
722 (100) |
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Overweight |
0.3 |
67.1 |
24.2 |
8.3 |
680 (100) |
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Obese |
0.9 |
51.1 |
24.1 |
23.9 |
133 (100) |
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Total No. |
10 |
1062 |
338 |
125 |
1535 |
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Chi square for trend |
p = 0.28 |
p < 0.001 |
p = 0.01 |
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. c The underweight class was linked to the normal weight class because numerically not significant |
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Lazzeri et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:76 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-76 |
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