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Table 4 Urban versus rural setting: parent’s body mass index

From: Overweight and obesity and their associated factors among early adolescence school children in urban and rural Portugal

Parameter

Urban (n = 57)

Rural (n = 72)

Total (n = 129)

p

Father

Mean ± Std Dev.

25.6 ± 2.8

26.8 ± 3.4

26.3 ± 3.2

0.081

Normal

14 (41.2%)

20 (31.3%)

34 (34.7%)

0.443

Overweight

18 (52.9%)

36 (56.3%)

54 (55.1%)

Obese

2 (5.9%)

8 (12.5%)

10 (10.2%)

Mother

Mean ± Std Dev.

23.0 ± 3.7

26.6 ± 5.0

25.3 ± 4.9

<0.001

Normal

29 (80.6%)

31 (46.3%)

60 (58.3%)

0.003

Overweight

5 (13.9%)

25 (37.3%)

30 (29.1%)

Obese

2 (5.6%)

11 (16.4%)

13 (12.6%)

At least one obese parent

No

29 (87.9%)

44 (69.8%)

73 (76.0%)

0.049

Yes

4 (12.1%)

19 (30.2%)

23 (24.0%)