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Table 1 General characteristics of children.

From: The relationship between socioeconomic status and childhood overweight/obesity is linked through paternal obesity and dietary intake: a cross-sectional study in Chongqing, China

Variables

Total

Normal (n = 13,272)

Overweight (n = 2272)

Obesity (n = 1463)

P

Anthropometric measures

 Gender, male (n (%))

8881 (52.22%)

6368 (47.98%)

1418 (62.41%)

1095 (74.85%)

< 0.001

 Age, year

9.20 ± 1.74

9.20 ± 1.75

9.30 ± 1.74

9.05 ± 1.71

< 0.001

 BMI, kg/m2

17.37 ± 3.08

16.18 ± 1.67

20.22 ± 1.71

23.73 ± 3.83

< 0.001

 Height, cm

134.42 ± 11.43

133.54 ± 11.24

137.41 ± 11.67

137.73 ± 11.34

< 0.001

 Weight, kg

31.98 ± 9.49

29.30 ± 7.10

38.88 ± 9.39

45.62 ± 11.37

< 0.001

 Waist circumference, cm

58.29 ± 8.44

55.49 ± 5.77

65.36 ± 7.32

72.74 ± 9.28

< 0.001

 Heart rate, n/min

94.73 ± 12.56

94.54 ± 12.53

94.76 ± 12.59

96.36 ± 12.76

< 0.001

 SBP, mmHg

102.97 ± 9.86

101.51 ± 9.30

106.86 ± 9.74

110.15 ± 10.25

< 0.001

 DBP, mmHg

63.11 ± 7.62

62.49 ± 7.42

64.54 ± 7.74

66.51 ± 8.03

< 0.001

 MAP, mmHg

89.68 ± 8.47

88.50 ± 8.05

92.76 ± 8.34

95.6 ± 8.77

< 0.001

Socioeconomic

Region

 Urban or suburb

9405 (55.30%)

7100 (53.50%)

1412 (62.15%)

893 (61.04%)

< 0.001

 Rural

7602 (44.70%)

6172 (46.50%)

860 (37.85%)

570 (38.96%)

 

Father’s education, level, year

 ~ 9

8177(49.16%)

6592(50.79%)

973(43.65%)

612(42.89%)

<0.001

 ~ 12

6393(38.43%)

4851(37.38%)

937(42.04%)

605(42.40%)

 

 ~ 15

1955(11.75%)

1458(11.23%)

300(13.46%)

197(13.81%)

 

 > 15

109(0.66%)

77(0.59%)

19(0.85%)

13(0.91%)

 

Father’s occupation

 Manager

1334 (8.00%)

1011 (7.77%)

206 (9.20%)

117 (8.17%)

< 0.001

 Worker

5315 (31.86%)

4052 (31.14%)

773 (34.54%)

490 (34.22%)

 

 Technicist/Researcher

711 (4.26%)

536 (4.12%)

108 (4.83%)

67 (4.68%)

 

 Farmer

5410 (32.43%)

4354 (33.46%)

646 (28.87%)

410 (28.63%)

 

 Others

3914 (23.46%)

3061 (23.52%)

505 (22.56%)

348 (24.30%)

 

Mother’s occupation

 Manager

892 (5.35%)

683 (5.25%)

126 (5.63%)

83(5.83%)

< 0.001

 Worker

4713 (28.25%)

3615 (27.76%)

700 (31.26%)

398 (27.97%)

 

 Technicist/Researcher

299 (1.79%)

211 (1.62%)

52 (2.32%)

36 (2.53%)

 

 Farmer

5119 (30.68%)

3981 (30.57%)

680 (30.37%)

458 (32.19%)

 

 Others

5660 (33.93%)

4531 (34.80%)

681 (30.42%)

448 (31.48%)

 

Income, RMB

 ~ 500

843 (5.56%)

719 (6.07%)

71 (3.54%)

53 (4.03%)

< 0.001

 ~ 1000

1631 (10.76%)

1328 (11.21%)

186 (9.29%)

117 (8.90%)

 

 ~ 2000

2906 (19.17%)

2319 (19.58%)

355 (17.72%)

232 (17.66%)

 

 > 2000

9782 (64.52%)

7479 (63.14%)

1391 (69.45%)

912 (69.41%)

 

Live with grandparents

 No

12,905 (84.61%)

10,073 (84.48%)

1705 (84.91%)

1127 (85.25%)

0.705

 Yes

2348 (15.39%)

1850 (15.52%)

303 (15.09%)

195 (14.75%)

 

People live with child

 1

730 (4.86%)

574 (4.89%)

88 (4.45%)

68 (5.25%)

0.018

 2~3

8053 (53.60%)

6216 (52.91%)

1109 (56.04%)

728 (56.17%)

 

 4

6240 (41.54%)

4958 (42.20%)

782 (39.51%)

500 (38.58%)

 

Medical insurance

 No

12,767 (84.10%)

9956 (83.92%)

1699 (84.91%)

1112 (84.50%)

0.495

 Yes

2413 (15.90%)

1907 (16.08%)

302 (15.09%)

204 (15.50%)

 

Dietary intakes, %

Cereals and potatoes

13.49 (7.60, 20.18)

13.42 (7.57, 20.08)

13.70 (7.90, 20.49)

13.60 (7.64, 21.13)

0.457

Vegetables

13.62 (8.47, 20.34)

13.38 (8.34, 20.06)

14.20 (8.82, 20.92)

15.13 (9.44, 21.85)

< 0.001

Fruit

11.25 (6.23, 17.4)

11.34 (6.31, 17.50)

11.18 (6.09, 17.27)

10.55 (5.82, 16.97)

0.070

Red meat

7.10 (4.08,10.72)

6.94 (3.95, 10.55)

7.62 (4.55, 11.29)

7.78 (4.72, 11.43)

< 0.001

Poultry

2.38 (1.23,4.74)

2.39 (1.24, 4.75)

2.32 (1.15,4.56)

2.37 (1.24, 4.77)

0.262

Fish

1.32 (0.49,2.86)

1.34 (0.50, 2.88)

1.26 (0.41, 2.88)

1.22 (0.46, 2.60)

0.013

Eggs

3.66 (1.71,6.31)

3.63 (1.70, 6.27)

3.88 (1.82, 6.70)

3.54 (1.59, 6.11)

0.012

Milk

18.29 (11.63, 26.41)

18.56 (11.79, 26.66)

17.69 (11.22, 25.43)

17.14 (10.86, 25.04)

< 0.001

Bean food

2.22 (1.03, 4.66)

2.24 (1.05, 4.66)

2.23 (1.00, 4.70)

2.09 (0.97, 4.47)

0.188

Nuts

0.95 (0.26, 2.37)

0.97 (0.27, 2.42)

0.87 (0.25, 2.28)

0.84 (0.20, 2.05)

0.001

Mushrooms and algae food

0.85 (0.23, 2.11)

0.84 (0.23, 2.10)

0.89 (0.24, 2.18)

0.88 (0.23, 2.12)

0.522

Oils

4.64 (2.58, 7.43)

4.64 (2.56, 7.43)

4.61 (2.61, 7.46)

4.62 (2.74, 7.43)

0.655

Pickle

0.46 (0.06, 1.33)

0.47 (0.07, 1.34)

0.39 (0.03, 1.30)

0.38 (0.03, 1.37)

0.006

Nutritional supplements

0.00 (0.00, 0.34)

0.00 (0.00, 0.45)

0.00 (0.00, 0.17)

0.00 (0.00, 0.06)

< 0.001

Beverage

1.00 (0.07, 3.51)

1.01 (0.07, 3.52)

0.92 (0.07, 3.21)

1.07 (0.11, 3.83)

0.082

Perinatal measures

Gestational hypertension

 No

14,557 (98.49%)

11,382 (98.55%)

1922 (98.16%)

1253 (98.51%)

0.435

 Yes

223 (1.51%)

168 (1.45%)

36 (1.84%)

19 (1.49%)

 

Birth weight, g

 ~ 3000

4138 (27.19%)

3405 (28.63%)

461 (22.98%)

272 (20.61%)

< 0.001

 ~ 3600

6619 (43.49%)

5111 (42.97%)

914 (45.56%)

594 (45.00%)

 

 > 3600

4464 (29.33%)

3379 (28.41%)

631 (31.46%)

454 (34.39%)

 

Breast feeding, month

 0~3

3751 (25.00%)

2890 (24.66%)

507 (25.64%)

354 (27.13%)

0.152

 4~10

7408 (49.38%)

5789 (49.39%)

994 (50.28%)

625 (47.89%)

 

 > 10

3844 (25.62%)

3042 (25.95%)

476 (24.08%)

326 (24.98%)

 

Father with obesity

 No

12,662 (83.93%)

10,152 (86.06%)

1562 (78.97%)

948 (72.26%)

< 0.001

 Yes

2425 (16.07%)

1645 (13.94%)

416 (21.03%)

364 (27.74%)

 

Mother with obesity

 No

13,592 (90.13%)

10,801 (91.62%)

1709 (86.18%)

1082 (82.66%)

< 0.001

 Yes

1489 (9.87%)

988 (8.38%)

274 (13.82%)

227 (17.34%)

 
  1. BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, SBP systolic blood pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure