Prediction Of Childhood Obesity

PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY Child predictors significantly related to severe and moderate obesity at 5 years in the univariate analysis were shown in a table (Andersen, Bor, Najman, O 'Callaghan, & Williams, Prediction of Obesity in Children at 5 Years: A Cohort Study, 1997). They were measured using relative risk and the 95% confidence interval. Factors predictive of severe obesity were birth weight exceeding the 94th percentile: RR 1.8, 95% CI 1.1-2.9, birth weight between the 85th and 94th percentiles: RR 1.7, 95% CI 1.2-2.9, female gender: RR 1.4, 95% CI 1.1-1.9 (Andersen, Bor, Najman, O 'Callaghan, & Williams, Prediction of Obesity in Children at 5 Years: A Cohort Study, 1997). At first, breastfeeding for the duration feeding between 7 weeks …show more content…
Birth weight exceeding the 94th percentile showed statistical significance. Feeding problems a few times a week at 6 months and SGA were not statistically significant, indicating that they were not interpreted accurately in reference to the measures of association. The relative risk for SGA was 0.5, which could indicate a protective factor. The researchers failed to mention that. Sleeplessness at 6 months was not statistically significant. The values represented in the table did not reflect the values represented in the results discussion for this …show more content…
Also, logistic regression models to assess the impact of variables which were clearly associated with being breast fed and being overweight or obese. Furthermore, confounding and independent risk factors were considered in the final logistic regression model where confounding was assumed to have occurred if the odds ratio changed by greater than or equal to 10%. The SAS software version 6.12 was also used to carry out the