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The Wald statistic (Bj/standard error) gives a measure of significance of B for the predictor variable.
It is useful whether fetal growth is used as an outcome or as an exposure (predictor).
Predictor variables significantly associated at p < .05 with students' total OSCE in univariate analysis were entered into a linear regression model, with the single dependent variable being a student's total OSCE score.
For instance a BMI ≥ 85 thpercentile (for age and sex) was classified as being overweight, and those with a BMI ≥ 95 thpercentile as obese [ 29 30 31 32 ] . Recent workshops concluded that the BMI is an index of choice for evaluating obesity in adolescents, because it has been validated by studies of total body fat [ 32 ] . The criteria used to identify overweight and obesity in children and adolescents agree with those used for grade 1 and grade 2 overweight (BMI of 25+ and 30+, respectively) in adults [ 33 ] . Using a representative sample from the general North American Caucasian population, we demonstrate that the BMI is also a good indicator for obesity in adolescents, however the readily-measured WC:AC, CPR, and STR, indices of central obesity, and SUM, a single measure of subcutaneous adiposity, are stronger predictor of both fasting glucose and insulin levels and lipid profiles, than BMI.
We used the same definitions as in the original model for the predictor variables.