Overweight in children and its perception by parents: cross-sectional observation in a general pediatric outpatient clinic

Table 5 Variables being tested for association with childhood obesity

	OR	p-value	95% CI for Exp(B)
At least one parent overweight	3.51	<0.001	1.865	6.607
Birth weight	1.001	0.001	1.00	1.00
Paternal education level		0.87
Maternal education level		0.43
Sex (male)	0.72	0.20	0.44	1.19
Caesarian section	1.31	0.32	0.77	2.22
Being an only child	1.55	0.10	0.92	2.59
Age	0.98	0.66	0.98	0.90

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