Variable | Total population (n = 478) | Clinical sample (n = 47) | School sample (n = 431) | ||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p | |
Continuous | |||||||
Child’s age (years) | 5.5 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 1.0 | <0.001 |
Parent’s age (years) | 38.9 | 5.0 | 37.6 | 7.2 | 39.0 | 4.7 | 0.19 |
Child BMI SDS | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 0.7 | -0.2 | 1.0 | <0.001 |
Mother BMI | 23.1 | 3.9 | 27.6 | 5.8 | 23.3 | 3.3 | <0.001 |
Father BMI | 25.5 | 2.9 | 26.9 | 3.7 | 25.3 | 2.8 | 0.11 |
Categorical | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Child gender | 0.90 | ||||||
Female | 249 | 52 | 25 | 53 | 224 | 52 | |
Male | 227 | 48 | 22 | 49 | 205 | 48 | |
Parent gender | 0.65 | ||||||
Female | 388 | 81 | 37 | 79 | 351 | 81 | |
Male | 90 | 19 | 10 | 21 | 80 | 19 | |
Country of origin | <0.001 | ||||||
Nordic | 411 | 87 | 26 | 55 | 385 | 90 | |
Non-Nordic | 64 | 13 | 21 | 45 | 43 | 10 | |
Language at home | <0.001 | ||||||
Swedish | 433 | 91 | 26 | 55 | 407 | 95 | |
Other | 31 | 9 | 21 | 45 | 21 | 5 | |
Mother’s education | <0.001 | ||||||
University degree | 274 | 71 | 17 | 46 | 257 | 74 | |
No university degree | 111 | 29 | 20 | 54 | 91 | 26 | |
Father’s education | 0.72 | ||||||
University degree | 58 | 65 | 6 | 60 | 52 | 66 | |
No university degree | 31 | 35 | 4 | 40 | 27 | 34 |