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Table 3 Combinations of paternal and maternal weight change and risk of overweight and obesity in offspring

From: Influence of parental weight change on the incidence of overweight and obesity in offspring

Weight changeb

Incidence of overweight and obesity in offspring, %

OR (95%CI)a

P

Both parents remained normal weight (n = 1777)

3.4

Ref

 

Both parents’ weights changed from overweight and obesity to normal weight/one parent’s weight changed from overweight and obesity to normal weight and the other remained normal weight (n = 110)

4.6

1.33 (0.51–3.49)

0.560

One parent remained normal weight and the other developed overweight and obesity (n = 412)

6.1

1.74 (1.06–2.86)

0.028

One parent remained normal weight and the other remained to have overweight and obesity (n = 413)

10.7

2.80 (1.83–4.28)

 < 0.001

One parent’s weight changed from overweight and obesity to normal weight and the other remained to have overweight and obesity/one parent’s weight changed from overweight and obesity to normal weight and the other developed overweight and obesity (n = 52)

7.7

1.77 (0.59–5.29)

0.309

Both parents developed overweight and obesity/ Both parents remained to have overweight and obesity/One parent remained to have overweight and obesity and the other developed overweight and obesity (n = 199)

16.6

4.47 (2.76–7.23)

 < 0.001

  1. a Adjusted for sex, the length of follow-up, Han Nationality, and baseline characteristics (year of study entry, age, household asset score, urban residence and energy intake)
  2. b Participants were categorized into six groups based on the combinations of paternal and maternal weight change (Table S1)
  3. OR indicates odds ratio, CI indicates confidence interval
  4. Ref indicated that the corresponding group was considered as “reference” group
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