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Table 7 Prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity diagnosed according to IOTF (Body weight status) and according to McCarthy criteria (Body fat status), and association between body composition parameters and parental educational level

From: FTO and MC4R polymorphisms, and selected pre-, peri- and postnatal factors as determinants of body mass index and fatness in children: a thorough analysis of the associations

Variable

Body weight status

Body fat status

 

BMI z scores

FMI z scores

FFMI z scores

FatM z scores

 

n

 

Underweight

Proper weight

Overweight

Obesity

n

Underweight

Proper weight

Overweight

Obesity

 

\(\overline{x }\)

SD

\(\overline{x }\)

SD

\(\overline{x }\)

SD

\(\overline{x }\)

SD

Maternal education level

439

    

439

            

Primary

  

0

4

0

1

 

0

3

1

1

 

0.73

1.37

0.06

1.11

0.34

1.08

0.16

1.19

   

0,00%

0.91%

0,00%

0.23%

 

0,00%

0.68%

0.23%

0.23%

         

Vocational

  

3

26

9

8

 

0

25

8

13

 

0.78

1.49

0.47

1.36

0.33

0.94

0.52

1.41

   

0.68%

5.92%

2.05%

1.82%

 

0,00%

5.69%

1.82%

2.96%

         

Secondary

  

15

70

18

8

 

1

73

14

22

 

0.37

1.39

0.02

1.03

0.09

1.02

0.09

1.09

   

3.42%

15.95%

4.1%

1.82%

 

0.23%

16.63%

3.19%

5.01%

         

University

  

26

205

41

5

 

0

204

48

26

 

0.20

1.06

-0.23

0.73

0.03

0.81

-0.15

0.76

   

5.92%

46.7%

9.34%

1.14%

 

0,00%

46.47%

10.93%

5.92%

         
  

χ2

29.64

    

20.24

   

F

3.37

8.72

1.74

7.20

  

P

0.001

    

0.02

   

p

0.02

 < 0.001

0.16

 < 0.001

             

secondary vs highera

secondary vs vocational, secondary vs highera

 

Secondary vs vocational, secondary vs highera

Paternal education level

409

     

422

             

Primary

  

11

7

2

1

 

0

7

1

3

 

0.53

1.39

0.18

1.19

0.18

1.26

0.20

1.18

   

0.24%

1.65%

0.47%

0.24%

 

0,00%

1.66%

0.24%

0.71%

         

Vocational

  

8

49

23

6

 

0

51

15

19

 

0.60

1.32

0.15

1.00

0.22

0.88

0.25

1.08

   

1.89%

11.58%

5.44%

1.42%

 

0,00%

12.09%

3.55%

4.5%

         

Secondary

  

11

88

17

9

 

0

88

18

19

 

0.40

1.24

-0.01

1.04

0.16

0.91

0.05

1.05

   

2.6%

20.8%

4.02%

2.13%

 

0,00%

20.85%

4.27%

4.5%

         

University

  

19

154

24

4

 

0

148

35

18

 

0.15

1.04

-0.26

0.71

-0.02

0.81

-0.17

0.74

   

4.49%

36.41%

5.67%

0.95%

 

0,00%

35.07%

8.29%

4.27%

         
  

χ2

18.51

    

11.95

   

F

3.38

5.21

2.11

4.60

  

P

0.03

    

0.22

   

p

0.02

0.002

0.10

0.004

             

secondary vs highera

secondary vs highera

 

secondary vs highera

  1. \(\overline{x }\) – mean, BMI Body Mass Index, FMI Fat Mass Index, FFMI Fat Free Mass Index, FatM Fat Mass in kg
  2. a significant differences in the post hoc test