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Ethnic Background and Overweight among 5-Year-Old Children: The “Be Active, Eat Right” Study

Table 2

Logistic regression analyses for the association between ethnic background and overweight (obesity included) among 5 year olds and change in ORs after adjustment for lifestyle-related behaviors of the child ().


	Dutch (ref) OR	Moroccan OR (95% CI)	Change (%)	Turkish OR (95% CI)	Change (%)	Surinamese OR (95% CI)	Change (%)	Dutch Antillean OR (95% CI)	Change (%)

Model 1	1.00	2.27 (1.48–3.47)		3.63 (2.46–5.35)		0.47 (0.20–1.06)		1.97 (1.01–3.86)
Model 2	1.00	2.14 (1.39–3.28)	−10.2	3.30 (2.23–4.87)	−12.5	0.43 (0.19–0.98)	−7.5	1.70 (0.86–3.35)	−27.8

Lifestyle-related behaviors child			Change (%)		Change (%)		Change (%)		Change (%)

Model 2 + playing outside	1.00	2.14 (1.40–3.29)	0.0	3.30 (2.24–4.88)	0.0	0.43 (0.19–0.98)	0.0	1.71 (0.87–3.37)	−1.4
Model 2 + watching TV	1.00	2.05 (1.33–3.16)	−7.9	3.21 (2.16–4.75)	−3.9	0.42 (0.18–0.96)	+1.8	1.67 (0.84–3.29)	−4.3
Model 2 + having breakfast	1.00	2.12 (1.38–3.26)	−1.8	3.09 (2.07–4.60)	−9.1	0.42 (0.18–0.96)	+1.8	1.68 (0.85–3.31)	−2.9
Model 2 + sweet beverages	1.00	2.13 (1.39–3.27)	−0.9	3.32 (2.24–4.90)	+0.9	0.42 (0.18–0.97)	+1.8	1.68 (0.85–3.32)	−2.9

OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval.
Model 1: ethnic background of the child + gender of the parent, educational level of the parent, and family situation.
Model 2: model 1 + parental overweight (overweight (obesity included) = BMI ≥ 25 (kg/m²)) [3].
^aChange , , and change represent the respective changes in OR for children with a Moroccan, Turkish, Surinamese, and Dutch Antillean ethnic background relative to model 1, after adjustment for parental overweight ([]/[] × 100).
^bChange , , and change represent the respective changes in OR for children with a Moroccan, Turkish, Surinamese, and Dutch Antillean ethnic background relative to model 2, after individual adjustment for lifestyle-related behaviors of the child ([]/[] × 100).