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Table 2 Age-adjusted means (95 % CI) of four measurements of obesity according to number of parity

From: Association between parity and obesity patterns in a middle-aged and older Chinese population: a cross-sectional analysis in the Tongji-Dongfeng cohort study

Measurement

Parity

P for trend

1 (n = 4362)

2 (n = 4410)

3 (n = 2543)

≥4 (n = 1514)

BMI (kg/m2)

23.79 (23.66, 23.92)

24.47 (24.36, 24.57)

25.18 (25.03, 25.34)

25.18 (24.96, 25.40)

<0.001

WC (cm)

80.79 (80.45, 81.12)

82.80 (82.52, 83.08)

84.30 (83.90, 84.70)

85.03 (84.45, 85.60)

<0.001

WHtR

0.520 (0.518, 0.522)

0.534 (0.532, 0.535)

0.545 (0.542, 0.547)

0.551 (0.547, 0.555)

<0.001

WHR

0.857 (0.855, 0.859)

0.868 (0.866, 0.870)

0.875 (0.872, 0.878)

0.882 (0.878, 0.886)

<0.001

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, WHtR waist-to-height ratio, WHR waist-to-hip ratio
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Nutrition & Metabolism

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