Table 2 Children’s and fathers’ characteristics across low and high-risk paternal clusters: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS)
| Â | Â | Paternal risk clusters | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Total n = 1669 | Low risk n = 760 (45.5) | High risk 909 (54.5) | P-value |
Child’s characteristics | ||||
 Age (years) | 13.96 ± 2.89 | 13.50 ± 2.67 | 14.34 ± 2.86 | < 0.001 |
 BMI (Kg/m2) | 19.43 ± 3.96 | 18.79 ± 3.75 | 19.96 ± 4.00 |  |
 Sex | 0.32 | |||
  Male | 815(48.8) | 361(47.5) | 454(49.9) |  |
  Female | 854(51.2) | 399(52.5) | 455(50.1) |  |
Paternal characteristics | ||||
 Age (years) | 47.20 ± 7.98 | 44.47 ± 6.71 | 49.46 ± 8.24 | < 0.001 |
 Education | < 0.001 | |||
  Illiterate/ Primary | 539.(32.3) | 209(27.5) | 330(36.3) |  |
  Secondary | 875(52.4) | 424(55.8) | 451(49.6) |  |
  Higher | 255(15.3) | 127(16.7) | 128(14.1) |  |
 Employment | < 0.001 | |||
  Housewife | 236(14.1) | 12(1.6) | 224(24.6) |  |
  Employed | 1433(85.9) | 748(98.4) | 685(75.4) |  |
 Metabolic syndrome | < 0.001 | |||
  No | 994(59.6) | 760(100) | 234(25.7) |  |
  Yes | 675(40.4) | 00(0.0) | 676(74.3) |  |
 Hypertension | < 0.001 | |||
  No | 1333(79.9) | 760(100) | 573(63) |  |
  Yes | 336(20.1) | 0(0.0) | 336(37) |  |
 Bodyweight status | < 0.001 | |||
  Normal | 630(37.7) | 442(58.2) | 188(20.7) |  |
  Overweight | 774(46.4) | 310(40.8) | 464(51.0) |  |
  Obese | 265(15.9) | 8(1.1) | 2.57(28.3) |  |
 Diabetes | < 0.001 | |||
  No | 1493(89.5) | 760(100) | 733(80.6) |  |
  Yes | 176(10.5) | 0(0.0) | 176(19.4) |  |
 Smoking status | < 0.001 | |||
  No | 1152(69.0) | 473(62.2) | 679(74.7) |  |
  Yes | 517(31.0) | 227(37.8) | 230(25.3) |  |
 Physical activity | 0.21 | |||
  Low | 1082(64.8) | 496(65.3) | 586(64.5) |  |
  Moderate | 255(15.3) | 125(16.4) | 130(14.3) |  |
  High | 332(19.9) | 139(18.3) | 193(21.2) |  |