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Table 9 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 perinatal factors

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

 

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SD

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SD

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SD

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SD

Pregnancy duration

425

     

423

             

 < 37 week

  

1

19

6

4

 

0

40

9

9

 

0.35

1.14

-0.13

0.90

0.13

0.77

-0.08

0.87

   

0.24%

4.47%

1.41%

0.94%

 

0,00%

9.46%

2.13%

2.13%

         

37–42 week

  

40

276

59

19

 

1

250

56

56

 

0.34

1.23

-0.05

0.95

0.08

0.91

0.03

1.00

   

9.41%

64.94%

13.88%

4.47%

 

0.24%

59.1%

13.24%

13.24%

         

 > 42 week

  

0

1

0

0

 

0

0

2

0

 

0.74

0.59

0.20

0.20

0.01

0.76

0.36

0.03

   

0,00%

0.24%

0,00%

0,00%

 

0,00%

0,00%

0.47%

0,00%

         
  

χ2

6.15

    

10.84

   

F

0.11

 

0.24

 

0.10

 

0.42

 
  

p

0.41

    

0.09

   

p

0.90

 

0.79

 

0.90

 

0.66

 

At least one disease during pregnancy

454

     

454

             

No

  

27

223

46

13

 

0

217

53

38

 

0.31

1.14

-0.12

0.82

0.08

0.88

-0.06

0.85

   

5.95%

49.12%

10.13%

2.86%

 

0,00%

47.8%

11.67%

8.37%

         

Yes

  

18

92

24

11

 

1

97

19

29

 

0.36

1.39

0.02

1.15

0.10

0.92

0.13

1.22

   

3.96%

20.26%

5.29%

2.42%

 

0.22%

21.37%

4.19%

6.39%

         
  

χ2

4,74

    

7.24

   

t

-0.40

 

-1.54

 

-0.24

 

-1.93

 
  

p

0.19

    

0.06

   

p

0.69

 

0.12

 

0.81

 

0.05

 

At least one disease before pregnancy

456

     

533

             

No

  

33

241

48

16

 

0

237

57

42

 

0.30

1.19

-0.12

0.89

0.06

0.87

-0.05

0.92

   

7.24%

52.85%

10.53%

3.51%

 

0,00%

52.2%

12.56%

9.25%

         

Yes

  

12

76

22

8

 

1

77

15

25

 

0.40

1.31

0.04

1.06

0.14

0.97

0.16

1.14

   

2.63%

16.67%

4.82%

1.75%

 

0.22%

16.96%

3.3%

5.51%

         
  

χ2

2.43

    

8.66

   

t

-0.76

 

-1.52

 

-0.75

 

-2.00

 
  

p

0.49

    

0.03

   

p

0.45

 

0.13

 

0.45

 

0.05

 

Prenatal stress

454

     

440

             

No

  

35

229

47

17

 

1

237

44

47

 

0.28

1.22

-0.09

0.95

0.06

0.90

-0.01

1.00

   

7.71%

50.44%

10.35%

3.74%

 

0.22%

52.2%

9.69%

10.35%

         

Yes

  

10

86

23

7

 

0

77

28

20

 

0.44

1.23

-0.05

0.93

0.14

0.87

0.02

0.95

   

2.2%

18.94%

5.07%

1.54%

 

0,00%

16.96%

6.17%

4.41%

         
  

Χ

1.65

    

6.64

   

t

-1.31

 

-0.40

 

-0.89

 

-0.30

 
  

p

0.64

    

0.08

   

p

0.19

 

0.69

 

0.38

 

0.76

 

Type of pregnancy

437

     

435

             

Single

  

39

294

65

19

 

1

288

68

58

 

0.33

1.20

-0.08

0.92

0.08

0.88

-0.01

0.95

   

8.92%

67.28%

14.87%

4.35%

 

0.23%

66.21%

15.63%

13.33%

         

Twin

  

5

12

1

2

 

0

17

1

2

 

-0.31

1.28

-0.46

0.82

-0.10

0.77

-0.43

0.72

   

1.14%

2.75%

0.23%

0.46%

 

0,00%

3.91%

0.23%

0.46%

         
  

χ2

7.53

    

2.49

   

t

2.31

 

1.82

 

0.89

 

1.97

 
  

p

0.06

    

0.48

   

p

0.02

 

0.07

 

0.37

 

0.04

 

Type of delivery

434

     

434

             

Vaginal

  

32

207

51

18

 

1

204

55

50

 

0.35

1.26

-0.02

0.99

0.10

0.93

0.04

1.02

   

7.34%

47.48%

11.7%

4.13%

 

0.23%

46.79%

12.61%

11.47%

         

C-section

  

11

98

16

3

 

0

99

16

11

 

0.21

1.07

-0.27

0.67

0.02

0.75

-0.16

0.73

   

2.52%

22.48%

3.67%

0.69%

 

0,00%

22.71%

3.67%

2.52%

         
  

χ2

4.70

    

7.41

   

t

1.11

 

2.64

 

0.83

 

2.06

 
  

p

0.20

    

0.06

   

p

0.27

 

0.01

 

0.41

 

0.04

 

Birthweight

441

     

441

             

 < 2500

  

6

10

2

2

 

0

16

2

2

 

-0.20

1.49

-0.32

0.95

0.01

1.05

-0.29

0.83

   

1.36%

2.27%

0.45%

0.45%

 

0,00%

3.63%

0.45%

0.45%

         

2500–4000

  

36

255

52

18

 

1

250

60

51

 

0.30

1.21

-0.08

0.92

0.06

0.89

-0.01

0.97

   

8.16%

57.82%

11.79%

4.08%

 

0.23%

56.69%

13.61%

11.56%

         

 > 4000

  

2

42

14

2

 

0

40

10

9

 

0.54

1.12

-0.09

0.92

0.24

0.82

0.07

0.95

   

0.45%

9.52%

3.17%

0.45%

 

0,00%

9.07%

2.27%

2.04%

         
  

χ2

16.25

    

3.38

   

t

2.85

 

0.64

 

1.18

 

1.06

 
  

p

0.02

    

0.97

   

p

0.06

 

0.53

 

0.31

 

0.35

 

Breastfeeding

443

     

441

             

Yes

  

40

283

60

20

 

1

282

64

54

 

0.30

1.22

-0.10

0.92

0.07

0.89

-0.02

0.96

   

9.03%

63.88%

13.54%

4.51%

 

0.23%

63.95%

14.51%

12.24%

         

No

  

4

26

8

2

 

0

25

8

7

 

0.38

1.20

-0.05

0.83

0.18

0.83

0.02

0.87

   

0.9%

5.87%

1.81%

0.45%

 

0,00%

5.67%

1.81%

1.59%

         
  

χ2

0.76

    

1.21

   

t

-0.40

 

-0.35

 

-0.80

 

-0.24

 
  

p

0.87

    

0.75

   

p

0.69

 

0.73

 

0.43

 

0.81

 

Siblings

434

     

434

             

Yes

  

33

238

47

16

 

1

238

51

43

 

0.27

1.18

-0.13

0.91

0.05

0.85

-0.05

0.93

   

7.6%

54.84%

10.83%

3.69%

 

0.23%

54.84%

11.75%

9.91%

         

No

  

11

66

19

4

 

0

68

17

16

 

0.35

1.25

-0.03

0.93

0.10

0.90

0.04

1.01

   

2.53%

15.21%

4.38%

0.92%

 

0,00%

15.67%

3.92%

3.69%

         
  

χ2

1.73

    

1.09

   

t

-0.60

 

-0.89

 

-0.57

 

-0.73

 
  

p

0.63

    

0.78

   

p

0.55

 

0.37

 

0.57

 

0.46

 

Weight gain during pregnancy

434

     

434

             

Exceeded

  

2

22

12

5

 

0

22

9

9

 

0.82

1.30

0.33

1.12

0.38

1.17

0.53

1.22

   

0.46%

5.07%

2.76%

1.15%

 

0,00%

5.07%

2.07%

2.07%

         

Non-exceeded

  

42

279

54

18

 

1

277

59

57

 

0.27

1.21

-0.12

0.91

0.05

0.85

-0.06

0.93

   

9.68%

64.29%

12.44%

4.15%

 

0.23%

63.82%

13.59%

13.13%

         
  

χ2

12.79

    

4.19

   

t

2.77

 

2.96

 

2.29

 

3.76

 
  

p

0.01

    

0.24

   

p

0.01

 

 < 0.01

 

0.02

 

 < 0.001

 
  1. \(\overline{x }\) – mean, BMI Body Mass Index, FMI Fat Mass Index, FFMI Fat Free Mass Index, FatM Fat Mass in kg, ACE Adverse Childhood Events