Parental Weight Status and Offspring Cardiovascular Disease Risks: a Cross-Sectional Study of Chinese Children
ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 12 — January 8, 2015
| Characteristic | Girls | Boys | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body mass index | |||
| None | 16.0 | 16.6 | 16.3 |
| Mother Only | 17.9 | 17.0 | 17.1 |
| Father Only | 17.0 | 17.7 | 17.5 |
| Both Parents | 16.5 | 18.0 | 17.6 |
| Waist circumference | |||
| None | 57.0 | 59.0 | 58.1 |
| Mother Only | 57.3 | 58.1 | 57.7 |
| Father Only | 60.1 | 61.6 | 61.1 |
| Both Parents | 58.8 | 62.5 | 61.2 |
| Cardiorespiratory fitness | |||
| None | 45.4 | 47.1 | 46.5 |
| Mother Only | 44.2 | 46.1 | 45.3 |
| Father Only | 44.3 | 45.8 | 45.1 |
| Both Parents | 44.2 | 46.4 | 45.4 |
| Metabolic risk score | |||
| None | –0.5 | –0.2 | –0.4 |
| Mother Only | –0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Father Only | –0.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Both Parents | –0.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
Figure. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, cardiorespiratory fitness, and metabolic risk score in offspring (girls, boys, total), according to their parents’ BMI classification. Adjustments were made for sex, age, district, parent education, mother’s and father’s age, puberty stage, and parental smoking. Metabolic Risk Score is a continuous measure of metabolic risk; higher scores indicate a poorer profile. *P trend <.05. **P trend < .001. Abbreviations: None, no parents overweight or obese; Mother Only, only mother overweight or obese; Father Only, only father overweight or obese; Both, both parents overweight or obese.
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