Table 2 Parental characteristics of participants according to single child family: the CASPIAN V study
From: Is single-child family associated with cardio-metabolic risk factors: the CASPIAN-V study
Variable | Single child family | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Yes | No | ||
Mother | ||||
WC (cm) a | 87.75 ± 14.29 | 86.90 ± 14.56 | 87.78 ± 14.21 | 0.076 |
BMI (kg/m2) a | 26.74 ± 5.02 | 26.52 ± 4.65 | 26.75 ± 5.05 | 0.143 |
Age (year) a | 38.11 ± 6.45 | 36.33 ± 6.83 | 38.25 ± 6.37 | < 0.001 |
Weight status | ||||
Underweight b | 451(4.0) | 14(1.5) | 437(4.2) | < 0.001 |
Normal weight b | 3951(34.7) | 387(42.0) | 3564(34.1) | |
Overweight b | 4224(37.1) | 316(34.3) | 3908(37.4) | |
Obesity b | 2749(24.2) | 204(22.1) | 2545(24.3) | |
abdominal obesity b | 3446(30.3) | 245(26.4) | 3201(30.70) | 0.007 |
Father | ||||
WC (cm) a | 87.03 ± 16.65 | 89.20 ± 17.96 | 86.97 ± 16.49 | 0.162 |
BMI (kg/m2) a | 25.11 ± 4.07 | 25.66 ± 4.35 | 25.08 ± 4.05 | 0.135 |
Age (year) a | 44.19 ± 7.05 | 41.96 ± 6.74 | 44.25 ± 7.01 | < 0.001 |
Weight status | ||||
Underweight b | 172(6.8) | 3(2.2) | 169(7.1) | 0.011 |
Normal weight b | 1032(40.7) | 64(46.4) | 968(40.4) | |
Overweight b | 1062(41.9) | 49(35.5) | 1013(42.3) | |
Obesity b | 269(10.6) | 22(15.9) | 247(10.3) | |
Abdominal obesity b | 886(35.5) | 50(37.0) | 836(35.4) | 0.695 |