Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and waist-height ratio percentiles and central obesity among Pakistani children aged five to twelve years

Table 10 Linear regression analysis of socio-demographic factors with waist-height ratio (WHtR) among Pakistani primary school children aged five to twelve years (n = 1860)^{a, b}

Characteristics	Regression coefficient (95% CI)	Standard error	P value
Grade	-0.001 (-0.004 to 0.002)	0.001	0.428
Area and SES^c	-0.010 (-0.013 to -0.006)	0.002	< 0.001
Higher neighborhood income	-0.004 (-0.009 to 0.001)	0.002	0.056
Higher parental education	0.004 (0.001 to 0.007)	0.001	0.012

^aThe model is controlled for age and gender
^bR² for model = 0.068
^cArea and SES strata: 1. Urban with high SES, 2. Urban with middle SES, 3. Urban with low SES, and 4. Rural with low/disadvantaged SES

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