Prevalence of obesity in preschool Greek children, in relation to parental characteristics and region of residence

Table 3 Socio-economic status, parental characteristics and prevalence of overweight in children aged 1–3 and 3–5 years.

	(1–3 years)		(3–5 years)		(1–3 years)		(3–5 years)
	% overweight	P†	% overweight	P†	% At risk for overweight or overweight	P†	% At risk for overweight or overweight	P†
Region
Large urban	12.3	0.413	16.4	0.664	27.3	0.214	34.3	0.560
urban	17.0		17.8		34.6		34.4
rural/small towns	13.8		18.7		27.0		37.7
Gender
Male	14.5	0.731	16.6	0.814	29.9	0.612	34.7	0.769
Female	13.6		16.2		28.1		35.4
Mothers' age
<30	11.9	0.641	18.9	0.662	28.3		36.3
31–36	15.0		16.6		29.2	0.950	34.6	0.872
>36	14.6		17.0		29.8		34.7
Educational level of the mother (years)
≤9	14.8	0.986	22.5	0.198	27.8	0.949	43.5	0.062
10–14	14.2		17.0		29.1		35.1
>14	13.9		16.2		29.8		33.2
Educational level of the father (years)
≤9	13.5	0.503	18.0	0.951	30.2		37.4
10–14	15.7		17.1		29.8	0.901	35.5	0.628
>14	12.1		17.2		28.1		33.8
Obesity of the parents None
One/Both	12.5	0.034	14.9	<0.001	27.7	0.116	32.1	<0.001
	20.2		27.0		35.1		47.0

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