Marked Disparities in Pre-Pregnancy Obesity and Overweight Prevalence among US Women by Race/Ethnicity, Nativity/Immigrant Status, and Sociodemographic Characteristics, 2012–2014
Table 5
Observed prevalence and adjusted odds and prevalence of pre-pregnancy overweight or obesity (BMI ≥25) among women in 31 ethnic-immigrant groups, United States, 2012–2014 ()
Ethnic-immigrant group
Prevalence percent
Prevalence ratio
Model 11
Model 22
Covariate-adjusted
OR
95% CI
OR
95% CI
Prevalence
SE
Non-Hispanic white, US-born
47.06
1.00
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
47.17
0.02
Non-Hispanic white, immigrant
35.87
0.76
0.63
0.63
0.63
0.64
0.64
0.65
36.80
0.08
Non-Hispanic black, US-born
61.70
1.31
1.81
1.81
1.82
1.84
1.83
1.85
61.66
0.05
Non-Hispanic black, immigrant
56.11
1.19
1.44
1.43
1.45
1.32
1.31
1.34
53.93
0.11
American Indian/Alaska Native
61.69
1.31
1.81
1.79
1.84
1.71
1.69
1.73
60.01
0.16
Chinese, US-born
24.07
0.51
0.36
0.35
0.37
0.43
0.42
0.45
28.39
0.34
Chinese, immigrant
12.10
0.26
0.16
0.15
0.16
0.17
0.16
0.17
13.42
0.10
Japanese, US-born
30.27
0.64
0.49
0.46
0.52
0.55
0.51
0.59
33.27
0.72
Japanese, immigrant
10.48
0.22
0.13
0.13
0.14
0.13
0.12
0.14
10.91
0.27
Hawaiian
61.29
1.30
1.78
1.63
1.95
1.72
1.57
1.88
60.15
1.07
Filipino, US-born
43.79
0.93
0.88
0.85
0.90
0.96
0.93
0.98
46.10
0.33
Filipino, immigrant
30.90
0.66
0.50
0.49
0.51
0.51
0.50
0.52
31.62
0.19
Asian Indian, US-born
33.04
0.70
0.56
0.54
0.57
0.67
0.65
0.70
37.88
0.38
Asian Indian, immigrant
36.24
0.77
0.64
0.63
0.65
0.78
0.77
0.79
41.27
0.13
Korean, US-born
23.35
0.50
0.34
0.33
0.36
0.41
0.39
0.43
27.15
0.52
Korean, immigrant
18.22
0.39
0.25
0.24
0.26
0.28
0.27
0.29
20.38
0.23
Vietnamese, US-born
28.49
0.61
0.45
0.43
0.47
0.51
0.49
0.54
31.89
0.48
Vietnamese, immigrant
12.18
0.26
0.16
0.15
0.16
0.14
0.14
0.14
11.56
0.14
Samoan
86.28
1.83
7.07
6.54
7.64
6.97
6.44
7.54
85.52
0.49
Other API, US-born
46.42
0.99
0.97
0.96
0.99
1.04
1.02
1.06
48.07
0.20
Other API, immigrant
36.72
0.78
0.65
0.64
0.66
0.62
0.61
0.63
36.03
0.15
Mexican, US-born
58.45
1.24
1.58
1.57
1.59
1.73
1.72
1.73
60.22
0.06
Mexican, immigrant
57.47
1.22
1.52
1.51
1.53
1.31
1.30
1.32
53.68
0.06
Puerto Rican, mainland US-born
56.01
1.19
1.43
1.42
1.45
1.49
1.47
1.50
56.71
0.14
Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico-born
52.84
1.12
1.26
1.23
1.29
1.29
1.26
1.32
53.37
0.29
Cuban, US-born
50.45
1.07
1.15
1.12
1.18
1.23
1.20
1.26
52.22
0.32
Cuban, immigrant
42.81
0.91
0.84
0.82
0.86
0.80
0.78
0.82
41.71
0.30
Central/South American, US-born
53.73
1.14
1.31
1.28
1.33
1.49
1.47
1.52
56.82
0.21
Central/South American, immigrant
50.34
1.07
1.14
1.13
1.15
1.02
1.01
1.03
47.65
0.10
Other Hispanic, US-born
56.66
1.20
1.47
1.46
1.48
1.61
1.60
1.62
58.61
0.09
Other Hispanic, immigrant
51.12
1.09
1.18
1.16
1.19
1.09
1.08
1.11
49.30
0.15
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.
