Determinants of Attrition to Follow-Up in a Multicentre Cohort Study in Children-Results from the IDEFICS Study

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="936365.fig.002a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/eri/volume-2013/936365/figures/936365.fig.002a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b> Migration background</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="936365.fig.002b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/eri/volume-2013/936365/figures/936365.fig.002b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Low education</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="936365.fig.002c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/eri/volume-2013/936365/figures/936365.fig.002c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Overweight</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="936365.fig.002d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/eri/volume-2013/936365/figures/936365.fig.002d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Item-Non-Response</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Effect estimates (OR, 99% CI) for the main determinants by country (ordered by the extent of proportionate attrition).</table>

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Figure 2: Determinants of Attrition to Follow-Up in a Multicentre Cohort Study in Children-Results from the IDEFICS Study 