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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Pediatr. 2009 Aug 13;9(5):330–338. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.05.028

Table 3.

Association between covariates and parent performance on four parallel BMI charting questions

Variable Combined OR of answering a BMI charting question correctly (95% CI)*
WRAT-3R 1.18 (1.14, 1.22)
S-TOFHLA 1.12 (1.08, 1.16)
Education§ 1.24 (1.15, 1.34)
Income ,||
 $10,000–$19,999 2.11 (1.08, 4.14)
 $20,000–$39,999 2.60 (1.57, 4.31)
 $40,000–$59,999 1.94 (0.78, 4.86)
 $60,000+ 10.20 (4.65, 22.35)
Private insurance\\ 2.58 (1.54, 4.31)
Mean age of youngest child 1.0** (0.91–1.1)
Number of children 0.91†† (0.76–1.08)
Race/ethnicity§§
 White 3.13 (1.87–5.26)
 Hispanic 0.99 (0.49–2.02)
 Other 4.13 (1.24–16.71)

WRAT-3R = Wide Range Achievement Test – mathematics portion, S-TOFHLA = Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults

*

Adjusted for Question, Chart-type, and Site

Odds ratio is for every single-point increase in WRAT-3R or S-TOFHLA score

p<.01

§

Odds ratio is for each additional year of education

||

Reference group < $10,000

p <.05

\\

Reference group is public insurance (“no insurance” group was dropped due to model convergence issues with only two in that category).

**

Odds ratio is for each additional year of age

††

Odds ratio is for each additional child

§§

Reference group for all listed is Black