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Table 3 Predicting the maternal perception for the need of action at the 75th and at the 97th percentile

From: “Childhood overweight and obesity: maternal perceptions of the time for engaging in child weight management”

Need for action on silhouettes on the 75thpercentile:

B

SD

error

Wald

df

p

OR

CI

Child’s sex: female

-1.05

.51

4.23

1

.04

0.35

0.13 – 0.95

Child’s age

0.09

.14

0.46

1

.50

1.10

0.84 – 1.44

Child’s weight

−0.18

.26

0.49

1

.48

0.84

0.51 – 1.39

Mother’s weight

−0.02

.05

0.13

1

.72

0.98

0.90 – 1.08

Mother’s education

−0.07

.20

0.14

1

.71

0.93

0.63 – 1.38

Family income

0.00

.00

0.03

1

.87

1.00

1.00 – 0.95

Weight dissatisfaction

- satisfaction

- preferred heavier silhouette

−0.30

−1.31

.88

1.02

0.12

1.64

1

1

.73

.20

0.74

0.27

0.13 – 4.15

0.04 – 2.00

Identification of overweight silhouettes: - 75 th percentile

     - 90 th percentile

2.57

0.63

.92

.97

7.79

0.42

1

1

.01

.52

13.12

1.87

2.15 – 79.96

0.28 – 12.56

Identification of physical health risk: 90 th and 97 th percentile

−0.95

.50

3.61

1

.06

0.39

0.15 – 1.03

Identification of mental health risk: 90 th and 97 th percentile

−0.57

.49

1.36

1

.24

0.57

0.22 – 1.47

Need for action on silhouettes on the 97 th percentile:

B

SD

error

Wald

df

p

OR

CI

Child’s sex: female

0.53

.53

0.99

1

.32

1.70

0.60 – 4.81

Child’s age

−0.19

.14

1.73

1

.19

0.83

0.63 – 1.10

Child’s weight

−0.25

.24

1.11

1

.29

0.78

0.49 – 1.24

Mother’s weight

−0.05

.05

1.23

1

.27

0.95

0.87 – 1.04

Mother’s education

−0.21

.20

1.09

1

.30

0.82

0.56 – 1.20

Family income

0.00

.00

0.05

1

.82

1.00

1.00 – 1.00

Weight dissatisfaction

- satisfaction

- preferred heavier silhouette

−0.81

−1.15

.91

1.07

0.78

1.15

1

1

.38

.28

0.45

0.32

0.08 – 2.67

0.04 – 2.59

Identification of overweight silhouettes: - 75 th percentile

      - 90 th percentile

−0.86

−0.48

.75

.68

1.34

0.51

1

1

.25

.48

0.42

0.62

0.09 – 1.82

0.16 – 2.34

Identification of physical health risk: 90 th and 97 th percentile

−1.38

.57

6.00

1

.01

0.25

0.08 – 0.76

Identification of mental health risk: 90 th and 97 th percentile

−0.69

.56

1.51

1

.22

0.50

0.17 – 1.51

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