Physical activity, overweight and central adiposity in Swedish children and adolescents: the European Youth Heart Study

Table 4 Overweight and high-risk waist circumference according to several determinant factors.

		Overweight *
		OR ‡	95 % CI	P ≤
TV viewing time	≤ 2 h	1	Reference
	> 2 h	1.8	1.0–3.3	0.070
Birth weight	2500–4000 g	1	Reference
	< 2500 g	1.5	0.4–5.0	0.514
	> 4000 g	1.5	0.7–3.2	0.346
Maternal educational level	University	1	Reference
	Below University	1.9	1.0–3.6	0.067
Parental overweight	No overweight/obese parents	1	Reference
	Overweight/obese father	2.0	0.9–4.5	0.111
	Overweight/obese mother	2.8	1.1–7.3	0.033
	Both overweight/obese parents	3.4	1.8–4.2	0.008
		High-risk waist circumference †
TV viewing time	= 2 h	1	Reference
	> 2 h	2.1	1.3–3.6	0.004
Birth weight	2500–4000 g	1	Reference
	< 2500 g	0.8	0.2–2.4	0.619
	> 4000 g	2.2	1.2–4.3	0.018
Maternal educational level	University	1	Reference
	Below University	1.2	0.7–2.0	0.504
Parental overweight	No overweight/obese parents	1	Reference
	Overweight/obese father	1.8	1.0–3.5	0.060
	Overweight/obese mother	2.7	1.3–5.9	0.011
	Both overweight/obese parents	3.4	1.7–7.1	0.001

OR, odds ratios; CI, confidence intervals; TV, television. * International Obesity Task Force body mass index cut-off values. † Waist circumference cut-off values for predicting risk factor clustering, as proposed by Bogalusa Heart Study. ‡ Logistic regression analysis was performed controlling for sex and age.

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