Rona R J, Chinn S
Ann Hum Biol. 1982 Mar-Apr;9(2):131-45. doi: 10.1080/03014468200005601.
The association of social and family factors with triceps skinfold and weight for height and age was assessed using multiple regression analyses for 5-11 year-old-children in England and Scotland. Parents' body build was the factor most consistently associated with the two proxy measures of obesity. Number of siblings in the family was inversely related to triceps skinfold thickness. Parents' body-build and number of siblings were more strongly related to our measures of obesity in the older age groups and in girls, whereas child's birth-weight was more associated with weight for height and triceps skinfold in the younger age groups. Father's social class and mother's education made almost no contribution to the variation of triceps skinfold and weight for height in children. The relative risk of obesity associated with any individual independent variables was less than or around two. We conclude that there is little scope for identifying the majority of children at risk of obesity in a characteristic social environment. However, the increase in the association between our measures of obesity in parents and older children provides a possible tool for the early detection of children who may become obese.
通过对英格兰和苏格兰5至11岁儿童进行多元回归分析，评估了社会和家庭因素与三头肌皮褶厚度、身高体重比及年龄之间的关联。父母的体型是与肥胖的两个替代指标最始终相关的因素。家庭中兄弟姐妹的数量与三头肌皮褶厚度呈负相关。在年龄较大的组和女孩中，父母的体型和兄弟姐妹的数量与我们的肥胖指标关联更强，而儿童的出生体重在年龄较小的组中与身高体重比及三头肌皮褶更相关。父亲的社会阶层和母亲的教育程度对儿童三头肌皮褶厚度和身高体重比的变化几乎没有影响。与任何单个自变量相关的肥胖相对风险小于或约为2。我们得出结论，在特定社会环境中识别大多数有肥胖风险的儿童的空间很小。然而，我们对父母和年龄较大儿童的肥胖指标之间关联的增加为早期发现可能肥胖的儿童提供了一种可能的工具。
