Relation of adiposity, television and screen time in offspring to their parents

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Mean ± SE or frequency (%) of measures of adiposity for parents as children and their offspring adjusted for age, sex, and race, (n=382)

Characteristics	Parent as child n=382¹	Offspring n=382	p-value	Pearson correlation²
Age, years	12.6 ± 0.2	12.3 ± 0.2	0.25	--
Clinical characteristics
Height, cm	148.0 ± 0.5	151.3 ± 0.5	<0.001	0.47**
Weight, kg	46.8 ± 0.8	52.3 ± 0.7	<0.001	0.49**
BMI, Kg/m²	20.2 ± 0.2	21.5 ± 0.2	<0.001	0.44**
BMI percentiles, %	61.0 ± 1.6	64.1 ± 1.5	0.16	0.37**
BMI status, %
Normal weight	71.8	64.6	0.03	--
Overweight	17.8	16.8	0.72
Obese	10.4	18.6	<0.001
Lifestyle factors
TV hours watched ³	2.9 ± 1.9	2.9 ± 2.0	0.80	0.62**
> 2 hours of TV, %	59.4 ± 49.1	60.5 ± 48.9	0.39

NA not available.
¹ Some parents (n=234) had more than one child enrolled in this study and therefore, matched to each of their children (n=382).
² Pearson partial correlations (adjusted for age, sex, and race) for measures of adiposity between parents in childhood and their offspring.
³ TV for the parent as a child was obtained at age 7, while TV for offspring was obtained at average age 12 years.
** p<0.001.

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