From: Maternal efficacy and sedentary behavior rules predict child obesity resilience
Characteristic | All children | Resilient to unhealthy weight gainb | Not resilient to unhealthy weight gainb | p a | |||
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(n = 200) | (n = 133) | (n = 67) | |||||
n | Mean or % | n | Mean or % | n | Mean or % | ||
T1 Child age: Mean (SD) | 200 | 9.0 (2.2) | 133 | 8.9 (2.2) | 67 | 9.2 (2.4) | .272 |
Child gender (%) | |||||||
Male | 92 | 46.0 | 66 | 49.6 | 26 | 38.8 | .147 |
Female | 108 | 54.0 | 67 | 50.4 | 41 | 61.2 | |
T1 Maternal age: Mean (SD) | 200 | 39.1 (4.6) | 133 | 38.9 (4.7) | 67 | 39.4 (4.6) | .525 |
T1 Maternal education (%) | |||||||
Low | 40 | 20.0 | 27 | 20.3 | 13 | 19.4 | .404 |
Medium | 92 | 46.0 | 57 | 42.9 | 35 | 52.2 | |
High | 68 | 34.0 | 49 | 36.8 | 19 | 28.4 | |
Area of residence | |||||||
Urban | 66 | 33.0 | 42 | 31.6 | 24 | 35.8 | .547 |
Rural | 134 | 67.0 | 91 | 68.4 | 43 | 64.2 | |
T1 Child zBMI: Mean (SD) | 200 | −0.1 (0.7) | 133 | 0.0 (0.7) | 67 | −0.2 (0.7) | .042 |
T2 Child zBMI: Mean (SD) | 200 | 0.0 (0.8) | 133 | −0.2 (0.7) | 67 | 0.4 (0.8) | <.0005 |
Change in zBMI between T1 and T2: Mean (SD) | 200 | 0.0 (0.5) | 133 | −0.3 (0.3) | 67 | 0.6 (0.4) | <.0005 |