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Fig 1.

Study flowchart.

Number of full parent-offspring trios organized into family groups (fam.grp) due to siblings. Abbreviations: BMI = Body mass index, WC = waist circumference

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Table 1.

Descriptive characteristic of offspring and parents.

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Table 2.

Age adjusted association between parental body mass index (BMI) based overweight and offspring BMI z-score (standard deviations from their means) in 1995–97 and 2006–08.

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Fig 2.

Associations in BMI.

Associations between parental BMI-based overweight (BMI ≥25) and offspring`s BMI z- scores at two time points (1995–97 and 2006–08) with both parents being overweight, only mothers being overweight and only fathers being overweight, compared to both parents being normal weight (BMI < 25).

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Fig 3.

Associations in waist circumference.

Associations between parental waist circumference-based overweight (related to WHO`s cut-off level) and offspring`s waist circumference z-scores at two time points (1995–97 and 2006–08), with both parents being overweight, only mothers being overweight and only fathers being overweight, compared to both parents being normal weight.

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Table 3.

Age adjusted association between parental waist circumference based overweight and offspring waist circumference z-score (standard deviations from their means) in 1995–97 and 2006–08.

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