Parental BMI groups | Sons | Daughters | |||||
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No (%) (n=6540) | Mean BMI | No (%) (n=6207) | Mean BMI | ||||
Father | Mother | Father | Mother | ||||
One underweight | 481 (7.4) | 21.9 | 19.5 | 486 (7.8) | 21.6 | 19.7 | |
Both normal | 1844 (28.2) | 22.9 | 21.6 | 1781 (28.7) | 22.9 | 21.5 | |
One overweight | 1807 (27.6) | 24.5 | 23.5 | 1723 (27.8) | 24.4 | 23.6 | |
Both overweight | 583 (8.9) | 26.2 | 25.3 | 545 (8.8) | 26.2 | 25.3 | |
One obese | 1609 (24.6) | 26.7 | 27.0 | 1482 (23.9) | 26.9 | 26.7 | |
Both obese | 216 (3.3) | 30.4 | 31.4 | 190 (3.1) | 30.4 | 31.3 |