Regional and social differences concerning overweight, participation in health check-ups and vaccination. Analysis of data from a whole birth cohort of 6-year old children in a prosperous German city

Table 4 Multivariate Analysis (multilevel, logistic regression: simultaneous control of all variables)

	overweight^a		incomplete U1-U9 check-ups^b		incomplete immunizations^c
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
individual level
Mother tongue parents^d
- German	1.00		1.00		1.00
- other	*2.79*	*2.40–3.24*	*2.79*	*2.48–3.13*	*0.63*	*0.57–0.70*
Kindergarten visit of the child^e
- yes	1.00		1.00		1.00
- no	1.12	0.87–1.44	*2.02*	*1.62–2.51*	*1.34*	*1.09–1.63*
Sex of the child
- boy	1.00		1.00		1.00
- girl	0.99	0.85–1.14	1.10	0.99–1.23	1.00	0.91–1.09
school district level
percentage of
'low education households'^f
- low (20.9 – 27.0%)	1.00		1.00		1.00
- medium (27.1 – 30.8%)	1.23	0.99–1.53	1.06	0.88–1.27	0.92	0.78–1.09
- high (30.9 – 40.9%)	*1.35*	*1.10–1.67*	*1.24*	*1.03–1.48*	*0.78*	*0.66–0.92*

a) BMI ≥ 90. percentile
b) at least one of the nine check-ups missing
c) at least one out of the nine vaccinations missing
d) German: both parents with mother tongue German; other: all other parents
e) yes: child visited Kindergarten for at least one year; no: all other children
f) percentage of persons having the lowest educational level (i.e. 'Hauptschulabschluss')

ISSN: 1471-2458