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Table 3 Percentage of agreement and associations (ORs) between weight classesa at different ages

From: Tracking of overweight and obesity from early childhood to adolescence in a population-based cohort – the Tromsø Study, Fit Futures

  

Overweight/obesity at 5–7 years

Overweight/obesity at 15–17 years

   

Crude

Adjustedb

 

Crude

Adjustedb

Age (years)

Weight classa

%c

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

%c

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

2–4

Thin/normal weight

 

1.0

 

1.0

  

1.0

 

1.0

 

Overweight/obese

52.5

11.6

(6.4–21.0)

11.0

(6.0–20.1)

39.3

3.0

(1.7–5.3)

3.2

(1.8–5.6)

5–7

Thin/normal weight

 

-

-

-

-

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

Overweight/obese

 

-

-

-

-

63.0

11.1

(6.4–19.2)

12.1

(6.9–21.4)

  1. A sub study of The Tromsø Study: Fit Futures N = 532: 279 boys, 253 girls
  2. aWeight classes are based on BMI according to the International Obesity Taskforce’s age- and sex-specific cut-off values in children 2–18 years: thinness: adult BMI <18.5 kg/m2, normal weight: adult BMI ≥18.5- < 25 kg/m2, overweight: adult BMI ≥25- < 30 kg/m2, obesity: adult BMI ≥30 kg/m2 [28]
  3. bAdjusted for gender, exact age (years, months) at first time point and time (years, months) between measurements
  4. cPercent of those overweight/obese at younger age that are still overweight at the older age = percent agreement/ positive predictive value
  5. Gender was a significant covariate p = 0.02
  6. BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio