Table 1 Difference between mean fat mass (kg) [95% CI] of adolescents comparing the external with the internal orientation of the parents and of the child at age 8

From: The relationship between parental locus of control and adolescent obesity: a longitudinal pre-birth cohort

Age of adolescent

Maternal LOC

Paternal LOC

Child’s LOC at 8 years

9 years

+0.71 [+0.46,+0.96]*

+0.58 [+0.30,+0.86]*

+0.16 [−0.10,+0.43]NS

11 years

+0.91 [+0.56,+1.25]*

+0.83 [+0.45,+1.22]*

+0.46 [+0.10,+0.83]**

13 years

+1.37 [+0.93,+1.80]*

+1.27 [+0.79,+1.75]*

+1.15 [+0.69,+1.61]*

15 years

+1.70 [+1.17,+2.24]*

+1.49 [+0.89,+2.09]*

+1.50 [+0.93,+2.06]*

17 years

+1.57 [+0.93,+2.22]*

+1.60 [+0.88,+2.31]*

+1.76 [+1.09,+2.44]*

  1. LOC Locus of control
  2. *P < 0.0001; **P < 0.05; NSP > 0.05