Research Article
Trajectories of Change in Obesity among Tehranian Families: Multilevel Latent Growth Curve Modeling
Table 1
Statistical description of observed anthropometric variables.
| | Variables | (valid) | Mean (SD) | Skewness (SE) | Kurtosis (SE) | ICC |
| | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | | | | Phase 1 | 14761 | 24.311 (5.94) | 0.01 (0.02) | −0.25 (0.04) | 0.069 | | Phase 2 | 11396 | 25.477 (5.78) | 0.14 (0.02) | 0.20 (0.04) | 0.114 | | Phase 3 | 12098 | 25.901 (5.70) | 0.38 (0.02) | 0.76 (0.04) | 0.132 | | Phase 4 | 12392 | 26.648 (5.61) | 0.55 (0.02) | 0.97 (0.04) | 0.058 | | WC (cm) | | | | | | | Phase 1 | 14747 | 81.303 (16.02) | −0.25 (0.02) | −0.42 (0.04) | 0.055 | | Phase 2 | 11252 | 86.173 (15.75) | −0.19 (0.02) | −0.27 (0.04) | 0.077 | | Phase 3 | 11997 | 86.705 (15.81) | −0.11 (0.02) | −0.28 (0.04) | 0.099 | | Phase 4 | 12326 | 90.820 (14.77) | 0.13 (0.02) | 0.32 (0.04) | 0.149 | | ABSI | | | | | | | Phase 1 | 14327 | 0.771 (0.05) | 0.39 (0.02) | 2.66 (0.04) | 0.082 | | Phase 2 | 11249 | 0.788 (0.05) | −0.11 (0.02) | 1.20 (0.04) | 0.038 | | Phase 3 | 11997 | 0.783 (0.06) | −0.24 (0.02) | 0.33 (0.04) | 0.047 | | Phase 4 | 12321 | 0.804 (0.05) | −0.58 (0.02) | 6.58 (0.04) | 0.085 | | Age (year) | 15010 | 33.282 (19.00) | 0.05 (0.01) | −1.00 (0.03) | | | Sex (Male/female) | 0.72 | | | | |
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ABSI, a body shape index; BMI, body mass index; ICC, intraclass correlation; SD, standard deviation; WC, waist circumference.
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