Research Article
Ethnic Background and Overweight among 5-Year-Old Children: The “Be Active, Eat Right” Study
Table 3
Logistic regression analyses for association between ethnic background and overweight (obesity included) among 5 year olds, after adjustment for confounders and mediators ().
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OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Model 2: ethnic background of the child + gender of the parent, educational level of the parent, and family situation + parental overweight (overweight (obesity included) = BMI ≥ 25 (kg/m2)) [3]. Model 3: model 2 + relevant lifestyle-related behaviors of the child (watching TV, having breakfast) (see Table 2). aChange represents the respective change in OR for children with a Moroccan, Turkish, Surinamese, and Dutch Antillean ethnic background relative to model 2, after adjustment for mediators, the lifestyle-related behaviors of the child (model 3) ([]/[] × 100). |