A formal test of the interaction terms area of residence by maternal education did not reach statistical significance (p-value for interaction was 0.29 for BMI and 0.31 for WC).
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Adiposity among children in Norway by urbanity and maternal education: a nationally representative study.
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Interestingly, despite the adjusted analyses did not change the estimates noticeably (education did not explain the geographical differences and vice versa), only children with primary educated mothers showed a significant trend of increasing mean values of BMI and WC from urban to semiurban and to rural area of residence.