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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Health. 2008 Jun;78(6):314–320. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00308.x

Table 2. BMI and Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Status by Race.

Overall Test of Equality for 4 Racial Groups (p Value) White (n = 683) Black (n = 299) Hispanic (n = 311) Other (n = 173)
Mean BMI (standard error) <.001 19.7 (0.18) 22.1* (0.27) 21.6* (0.26) 20.3 (0.35)
Receiving free or reduced-price lunch (% within racial group) <.001 140 (20.5) 202* (67.6) 174* (56.0) 88* (50.9)
*

Significantly different from white at α = .017.