Table 3 Unadjusted correlations (Pearson's r) between the dependent variables and parental BMI, as well as between the three dependent variables, by gender
Mother BMI | Father BMI | Age at onset of obesity | Severity of obesity, age 7 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
r | P | r | P | r | P | r | P | |
Age at onset of obesity | ||||||||
All | −0.00 | 0.96 | −0.14 | 0.04 | — | — | — | — |
Girls | 0.00 | 0.99 | −0.13 | 0.15 | — | — | — | — |
Boys | −0.01 | 0.91 | −0.14 | 0.13 | — | — | — | — |
Severity of obesity, age 7 | ||||||||
All | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.01 | −0.74 | 0.00 | — | — |
Girls | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.2 | 0.03 | −0.76 | 0.00 | — | — |
Boys | 0.07 | 0.45 | 0.14 | 0.13 | −0.73 | 0.00 | — | — |
Severity of obesity, age 15 | ||||||||
All | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.00 | −0.22 | 0.001 | 0.34 | 0.00 |
Girls | 0.28 | 0.002 | 0.24 | 0.01 | −0.22 | 0.02 | 0.33 | 0.00 |
Boys | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.001 | −0.22 | 0.02 | 0.36 | 0.00 |
