Marked Disparities in Pre-Pregnancy Obesity and Overweight Prevalence among US Women by Race/Ethnicity, Nativity/Immigrant Status, and Sociodemographic Characteristics, 2012–2014
Table 4
Observed prevalence and adjusted odds and prevalence of pre-pregnancy obesity (BMI ≥30) among women in 31 ethnic-immigrant groups, United States, 2012–2014 ().
Ethnic-immigrant group
Number of births
Prevalence percent
Prevalence ratio
Model 11
Model 22
Covariate-adjusted
OR
95% CI
OR
95% CI
Prevalence
SE
Non-Hispanic white, US-born
53,65,062
22.94
1.00
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
23.16
0.02
Non-Hispanic white, immigrant
3,51,397
12.74
0.56
0.49
0.49
0.50
0.51
0.51
0.52
13.56
0.06
Non-Hispanic black, US-born
12,97,869
35.68
1.56
1.86
1.86
1.87
1.83
1.82
1.84
35.10
0.05
Non-Hispanic black, immigrant
2,14,957
23.61
1.03
1.04
1.03
1.05
0.94
0.93
0.95
22.14
0.09
American Indian/Alaska Native
96,037
34.86
1.52
1.80
1.77
1.82
1.63
1.61
1.66
32.67
0.15
Chinese, US-born
18,330
7.09
0.31
0.26
0.24
0.27
0.34
0.32
0.36
9.45
0.24
Chinese, immigrant
1,25,839
1.92
0.08
0.07
0.06
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.08
2.25
0.05
Japanese, US-born
4,305
10.76
0.47
0.41
0.37
0.45
0.49
0.44
0.54
12.99
0.55
Japanese, immigrant
13,746
2.22
0.10
0.08
0.07
0.09
0.08
0.07
0.09
2.43
0.14
Hawaiian
2,041
32.44
1.41
1.61
1.47
1.77
1.53
1.39
1.68
31.26
1.00
Filipino, US-born
21,876
17.51
0.76
0.71
0.69
0.74
0.81
0.78
0.84
19.64
0.28
Filipino, immigrant
61,472
8.61
0.38
0.32
0.31
0.33
0.33
0.32
0.34
9.23
0.12
Asian Indian, US-born
16,211
11.59
0.51
0.44
0.42
0.46
0.58
0.55
0.60
14.93
0.31
Asian Indian, immigrant
1,47,308
8.99
0.39
0.33
0.33
0.34
0.43
0.42
0.43
11.57
0.09
Korean, US-born
7,800
6.83
0.30
0.25
0.23
0.27
0.32
0.29
0.34
8.85
0.36
Korean, immigrant
33,191
4.27
0.19
0.15
0.14
0.16
0.18
0.17
0.19
5.19
0.13
Vietnamese, US-born
9,682
9.22
0.40
0.34
0.32
0.37
0.40
0.38
0.43
10.99
0.34
Vietnamese, immigrant
49,791
2.10
0.09
0.07
0.07
0.08
0.07
0.06
0.07
1.99
0.06
Samoan
5,336
60.23
2.63
5.09
4.82
5.37
4.95
4.68
5.23
58.51
0.66
Other API, US-born
57,723
21.18
0.92
0.90
0.88
0.92
0.97
0.95
0.99
22.64
0.18
Other API, immigrant
96,281
12.31
0.54
0.47
0.46
0.48
0.45
0.44
0.46
12.11
0.10
Mexican, US-born
7,28,465
31.16
1.36
1.52
1.51
1.53
1.61
1.60
1.62
32.33
0.06
Mexican, immigrant
7,62,159
24.88
1.08
1.11
1.11
1.12
0.92
0.92
0.93
21.77
0.05
Puerto Rican, mainland US-born
1,30,522
29.13
1.27
1.38
1.36
1.40
1.40
1.38
1.42
29.47
0.13
Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico-born
29,148
26.33
1.15
1.20
1.17
1.23
1.21
1.18
1.24
26.60
0.26
Cuban, US-born
24,274
24.00
1.05
1.06
1.03
1.09
1.14
1.11
1.17
25.48
0.28
Cuban, immigrant
26,898
14.44
0.63
0.57
0.55
0.59
0.51
0.50
0.53
13.58
0.20
Central/South American, US-born
54,615
25.78
1.12
1.17
1.15
1.19
1.32
1.30
1.35
28.33
0.20
Central/South American, immigrant
2,61,909
18.70
0.81
0.77
0.77
0.78
0.67
0.66
0.68
16.94
0.07
Other Hispanic, US-born
2,82,921
29.39
1.28
1.40
1.39
1.41
1.49
1.47
1.50
30.68
0.09
Other Hispanic, immigrant
1,03,647
20.62
0.90
0.87
0.86
0.89
0.79
0.77
0.80
19.25
0.12
OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; API = Asian/Pacific Islander. Statistically significant at .1Unadjusted for the effects of other covariates. 2Adjusted for race/ethnicity, maternal age, parity, marital status, nativity, maternal education, and place and region of residence. Source: data derived from the 2012–2014 US National Natality data files.
