Research Article
The Associations of Parenting Factors with Adolescent Body Mass Index in an Underserved Population
Table 1
Sample demographic characteristics (
parent-adolescent dyads).
| | Variable | Statistic |
| | Adolescent mean age (SD) | 12.6 (1.34) | | Adolescent gender (%): female | 58.6 | | Adolescent weight status (%) | | | Normal | 30.0 | | Overweight | 18.6 | | Obese | 51.4 | | Ethnicity (%): African American | 90 | | Parental marital status (%): married | 45.7 | | Parent mean BMI (SD) | 35.2 (7.61) | | Parent weight status (%) | | | Normal weight | 7.1 | | Overweight | 18.6 | | Obese | 74.3 | | Family history of diabetes (%): yes | 37.1 | | Family history of hypertension (%): yes | 77.1 | | Highest level of education completed (%) by parent | | | Grades 9–11 (some high school) | 7.1 | | High school graduate | 21.4 | | College 1 year to 3 years | 38.6 | | College graduate | 20 | | Graduate training or professional degree | 12.9 | | Gross household yearly income (%) | | | Less than $10,000 | 14.3 | | $10,000–24,000 | 28.6 | | $25,000–39,000 | 17.1 | | $40,000–54,000 | 17.1 | | $55,000–69,000 | 4.3 | | $70,000–84,000 | 7.1 | | $85,000 or more | 7.1 | | Other | 4.3 |
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