Primary Care of Overweight Children: The Importance of Parent Weight and Attitudes about Overweight: A MetroNet Study

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Table 1.

Associations of Child and Parental Factors with Child Body Mass Index (BMI)

	All Subjects (n = 171) (%)	Child BMI ≥ 85% percentile^*		P
	All Subjects (n = 171) (%)	Yes (n = 67) (%)	No (n = 74) (%)	P
Child'sage				0.04
5 to 10 years	63 (37.7)	25 (37.3)	20 (27.0)
11 to 13 years	40 (24.0)	21 (31.3)	15 (20.3)
14 to 17 years	64 (38.3)	21 (31.3)	39 (52.7)
Child'ssex				0.93
Male	81 (48.5)	33 (49.3)	33 (49.3)
Female	86 (51.5)	34 (50.7)	37 (50.0)
Child'srace				0.32
Black	53 (31.9)	26 (38.8)	21 (28.8)
White	91 (54.8)	31 (46.3)	43 (58.9)
Other	22 (13.3)	10 (14.9)	9 (12.3)
Mother overweight^†				0.02
Yes	86 (55.5)	42 (66.7)	32 (46.4)
No	69 (44.5)	21 (33.3)	37 (53.6)
Father overweight^†				0.06
Yes	107 (77.0)	46 (86.8)	48 (72.7)
No	32 (23.0)	7 (13.2)	18 (27.3)
Do you think child weighs more than he/she should?				0.01
Yes	33 (20.0)	28 (42.4)	1 (1.4)
No	132 (80.0)	38 (57.6)	72 (98.6)