Dramatic Increases in Obesity and Overweight Prevalence among Asian Subgroups in the United States, 1992–2011

Table 4

Observed and adjusted prevalence and odds of obesity and overweight and mean body mass index (BMI) among 12 ethnic-immigrant groups: United States, 2006–2011.

Ethnic-immigrant group	Observed prevalence^1		Adjusted odds ratio^2		Adjusted prevalence^2		BMI
	%	SE	OR	95% CI	%	SE	Mean	SE
	Obesity						Observed BMI
Non-Hispanic white, US-born	26.4	0.2	9.49	6.48–13.89	26.1	0.2	27.4	0.0
Non-Hispanic white, immigrant	19.0	0.8	6.67	4.51–9.87	20.1	0.8	26.3	0.1
Chinese, US-born	8.3	1.6	3.48	1.97–6.15	11.7	2.1	24.4	0.2
Chinese, immigrant	3.3	0.6	1.00	Reference	3.7	0.7	23.1	0.2
Asian Indian, US-born	11.3	3.1	5.54	2.74–11.24	17.4	4.2	24.3	0.6
Asian Indian, immigrant	10.3	1.2	3.75	2.40–5.87	12.5	1.3	24.9	0.1
Filipino, US-born	22.3	1.9	8.79	5.66–13.65	24.8	1.9	26.7	0.3
Filipino, immigrants	13.5	1.3	4.61	3.00–7.08	14.9	1.3	25.6	0.2
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, US-born	41.1	3.7	21.93	13.86–34.68	44.3	3.5	29.8	0.9
Pacific Islander, immigrant	36.8	6.4	14.23	7.38–27.46	34.4	6.3	30.1	1.6
Other Asians, US-born^3	13.8	1.2	5.62	3.70–8.55	17.6	1.6	25.4	0.2
Other Asians, immigrant^3	6.2	0.6	1.76	1.12–2.78	6.4	0.6	23.6	0.1
	Overweight						Adjusted BMI^2
Non-Hispanic white, US-born	61.1	0.2	4.47	3.78–5.29	60.8	0.2	27.3	0.0
Non-Hispanic white, immigrant	55.0	0.9	3.63	3.03–4.36	56.1	0.9	26.4	0.1
Chinese, US-born	38.1	2.8	2.43	1.82–3.24	46.9	2.8	25.5	0.2
Chinese, immigrant	25.2	1.5	1.00	Reference	27.8	1.6	23.4	0.2
Asian Indian, US-born	31.4	5.1	2.37	1.49–3.78	46.3	5.3	25.9	0.5
Asian Indian, immigrant	45.7	1.5	2.70	2.24–3.26	49.3	1.6	25.5	0.1
Filipino, US-born	57.6	2.4	4.66	3.66–5.93	61.7	2.4	27.2	0.3
Filipino, immigrant	51.0	1.8	3.20	2.59–3.94	53.2	1.6	25.9	0.2
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, US-born	72.4	4.3	10.37	6.61–16.25	77.2	3.6	30.3	0.8
Pacific Islander, immigrant	76.3	4.8	9.10	4.95–16.73	75.0	5.1	29.8	1.6
Other Asians, US-born^3	45.9	1.7	3.16	2.50–3.99	52.9	1.8	26.3	0.2
Other Asians, immigrant^3	32.3	1.2	1.35	1.11–1.65	33.8	1.2	23.7	0.1

OR: odds ratio; SE: standard error; CI: confidence interval.
¹Weighted prevalence.
²Adjusted prevalence was derived from fitted logistic or OLS regression models that included survey year, age, gender, ethnic-immigrant status, marital status, region of residence, education, and family income/poverty status.
³Other Asian categories include the Koreans, the Vietnamese, the Japanese, the Cambodians, the Laotians, the Hmongs, the Thais, the Pakistanis, and other Asian groups.