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* 𝑃 -valueObesity† 𝑃 -value
Characteristic% (95% CI)% (95% CI)

Gender
 Males16.0 (13.0–19.5)0.11822.7 (16.1–31.0)0.036
 Females18.2 (15.8–20.8)18.6 (12.1–27.5)
Race
 White17.8 (11.8–25.9)0.96119.0 (8.5–37.2)0.486
 Black16.9 (14.6–19.5)20.6 (14.7–28.1)
Age (yrs)
 314.0 (10.2–18.9)0.29313.1 (8.9–18.9)0.043
 417.0 (14.2–20.3)22.7 (16.0–31.2)
 518.4 (14.3–23.3)21.6 (13.2–33.3)
Total17.0 (14.5–19.8)NA20.8 (14.4–29.1)NA

*BMI-for-age β‰₯85th percentile, <95th percentile for gender.
†BMI-for-age β‰₯95th percentile for gender.