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Table 2 Relationships between length of parental US residency versus middleschool subjects’ anthropometric measures of body fat,nutrition knowledge, attitudes and behaviors and intentions

From: Effects of parental origins and length of residency on adiposity measures andnutrition in urban middle school students: a cross-sectional study

 

Mother’s length of residency ρ (P <)

Father’s length of residency ρ (P <)

Waist z-score

-0.038 (P < 0.8)

0.050 (P < 0.7)

BMI z-score

0.004 (P < 1.0)

0.104 (P < 0.4)

Percent body fat

-0.087 (P < 0.5)

-0.157 (P < 0.2)

Nutrition knowledge

0.308 (P < 0.01)

0.164 (P < 0.2)

Healthy eating attitude

-0.274 (P < 0.02)

-0.202 (P < 0.09)

Healthy eating behavior

-0.015 (P < 0.90)

0.023 (P < 0.9)

Healthy eating intention

-0.075 (P < 0.6)

-0.016 (P < 0.9)