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

Table 9 Linear regression analysis of socio-demographic factors with waist circumference (WC) among Pakistani primary school children aged five to twelve years (n = 1860)^{a, b}

Characteristics	Regression coefficient (95% CI)	Standard error	P value
Grade	1.099 (0.686 to 1.511)	0.210	< 0.001
Area and SES^c	-1.896 (-2.360 to -1.431)	0.237	< 0.001
Higher neighborhood income	-0.049 (-0.690 to 0.591)	0.326	0.880
Higher parental education	0.428 (0.018 to 0.839)	0.209	0.041

^aThe model is controlled for age and gender
^bR² for model = 0.280
^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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