Research Article
Obesity and Overweight Prevalence among a Mississippi Low-Income Preschool Population: A Five-Year Comparison
Table 3
Differences in overweight and obesity 2010.
| | Overweight* | -value | Obesityβ | -value | Characteristic | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) |
| Gender | | | | | βMales | 16.0 (13.0β19.5) | 0.118 | 22.7 (16.1β31.0) | 0.036 | βFemales | 18.2 (15.8β20.8) | 18.6 (12.1β27.5) | Race | | | | | βWhite | 17.8 (11.8β25.9) | 0.961 | 19.0 (8.5β37.2) | 0.486 | βBlack | 16.9 (14.6β19.5) | 20.6 (14.7β28.1) | Age (yrs) | | | | | β3 | 14.0 (10.2β18.9) | 0.293 | 13.1 (8.9β18.9) | 0.043 | β4 | 17.0 (14.2β20.3) | 22.7 (16.0β31.2) | β5 | 18.4 (14.3β23.3) | | 21.6 (13.2β33.3) | | Total | 17.0 (14.5β19.8) | NA | 20.8 (14.4β29.1) | NA |
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*BMI-for-age β₯85th percentile, <95th percentile for gender. β BMI-for-age β₯95th percentile for gender.
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