Table 3.
1Comparison of Percentage of Children with high BMI by Age, Gender and Race based on Double-Kernel versus 2000 CDC Percentile Curves among US Children, 2003–2006 (SE's are in parentheses)
| All Races |
Non-Hispanic White |
Non-Hispanic Black |
Mexican-American |
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| DK2 | CDC3 | DK-CDC4 | DK | CDC | DK-CDC | DK | CDC | DK-CDC | DK | CDC | DK-CDC | |
| Boys | BMI≥95th percentile of the Growth Charts | |||||||||||
| 2~5 | 12.0 (1.2) | 12.8 (1.2) | −0.8 (0.3)* | 10.5 (2.2) | 11.1 (2.2) | −0.6 (0.4) | 11.6 (2.4) | 13.3 (2.5) | −1.6 (0.8)* | 18.4 (2.8) | 18.8 (2.8) | −0.4 (0.6) |
| 6~11 | 18.2 (1.6) | 18.1 (1.7) | 0.2 (0.4) | 16.3 (2.6) | 15.5 (2.8) | 0.7 (0.7) | 17.5 (2.5) | 18.6 (2.6) | −1.1 (0.6) | 27.0 (2.1) | 27.5 (2.1) | −0.5 (0.6) |
| 12~15 | 17.4 (2.0) | 17.0 (2.0) | 0.5 (0.3) | 16.2 (2.5) | 15.6 (2.5) | 0.6 (0.4) | 19.2 (2.0) | 19.2 (2.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 19.6 (2.9) | 20.0 (2.7) | −0.4 (0.5) |
| 16~19 | 19.0 (2.2) | 19.6 (2.3) | −0.6 (0.3)* | 18.5 (2.8) | 19.1 (2.9) | −0.6 (0.4) | 17.0 (1.5) | 17.7 (1.6) | −0.7 (0.4) | 23.7 (2.3) | 24.7 (2.5) | −1.0 (0.6) |
| Girls | ||||||||||||
| 2~5 | 9.6 (1.1) | 12.1 (1.4) | −2.5 (0.7)** | 8.0 (1.7) | 10.2 (1.9) | −2.2 (1.0)* | 13.3 (1.6) | 16.6 (2.3) | −3.3 (1.4)* | 11.4 (2.1) | 14.5 (2.7) | −3.1 (1.0)** |
| 6~11 | 15.6 (1.4) | 15.8 (1.4) | −0.2 (0.1) | 14.4 (2.1) | 14.4 (2.1) | 0.0 (0.0) | 24.3 (1.8) | 24.0 (2.0) | 0.2 (0.6) | 17.9 (2.6) | 19.7 (2.6) | −1.8 (0.8)* |
| 12~15 | 16.9 (2.1) | 17.9 (2.2) | −1.0 (0.3)** | 15.0 (3.2) | 15.6 (3.3) | −0.6 (0.4) | 23.4 (1.9) | 24.9 (1.9) | −1.4 (0.6)* | 20.1 (1.8) | 21.4 (1.8) | −1.3 (0.7) |
| 16~19 | 16.3 (2.0) | 15.8 (1.9) | 0.5 (0.3)* | 13.6 (2.1) | 13.4 (2.0) | 0.2 (0.2) | 32.9 (4.5) | 30.8 (3.6) | 2.2 (1.2)* | 18.9 (2.1) | 17.9 (2.2) | 1.0 (0.5) |
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| Boys | BMI≥85th percentile of the Growth Charts | |||||||||||
| 2~5 | 23.9 (1.9) | 25.5 (2.0) | −1.6 (0.7)* | 23.9 (2.9) | 25.4 (2.9) | −1.6 (1.0) | 22.1 (3.2) | 23.2 (3.3) | −1.1 (0.5)* | 28.9 (3.1) | 32.4 (3.2) | −3.5 (1.3)** |
| 6~11 | 34.6 (2.3) | 33.9 (2.3) | 0.7 (0.4) | 32.6 (3.7) | 31.7 (3.6) | 1.0 (0.6) | 34.1 (3.2) | 33.8 (3.6) | 0.4 (0.7) | 47.6 (2.4) | 47.1 (2.5) | 0.5 (0.3) |
| 12~15 | 35.0 (2.7) | 34.9 (2.6) | 0.1 (0.4) | 34.6 (4.0) | 34.6 (3.9) | 0.0 (0.6) | 33.9 (2.2) | 33.5 (2.2) | 0.4 (0.0)** | 39.0 (3.0) | 39.0 (3.0) | 0.0 (0.0) |
| 16~19 | 35.1 (2.2) | 35.0 (2.3) | 0.1 (0.1) | 34.4 (2.9) | 34.4 (2.9) | 0.0 (0.0) | 31.5 (2.3) | 30.6 (2.5) | 0.9 (0.4)* | 41.9 (3.2) | 42.3 (3.2) | −0.4 (0.4) |
| Girls | ||||||||||||
| 2~5 | 21.6 (1.7) | 23.3 (1.8) | −1.6 (0.5)** | 19.3 (2.5) | 20.9 (2.6) | −1.6 (1.0) | 26.0 (2.0) | 26.4 (2.1) | −0.4 (0.4) | 24.1 (2.7) | 27.3 (2.8) | −3.3 (0.9)** |
| 6~11 | 33.3 (2.2) | 32.6 (2.4) | 0.6 (0.4) | 32.4 (3.2) | 31.5 (3.6) | 0.9 (0.8) | 40.0 (2.3) | 40.1 (2.3) | 0.0 (0.4) | 38.9 (3.2) | 38.1 (3.3) | 0.8 (0.7) |
| 12~15 | 32.2 (2.3) | 35.4 (2.4) | −3.2 (0.8)** | 31.9 (3.4) | 35.5 (3.5) | −3.7 (1.2)** | 37.4 (2.4) | 40.2 (2.7) | −2.8 (1.1)* | 34.5 (2.8) | 37.6 (2.9) | −3.1 (1.0)** |
| 16~19 | 33.7 (1.9) | 31.2 (2.0) | 2.5 (0.6)** | 30.4 (2.4) | 27.8 (2.5) | 2.6 (0.9)** | 51.6 (3.5) | 49.4 (3.5) | 2.2 (0.8)** | 38.6 (3.0) | 36.5 (3.0) | 2.1 (0.7)** |
1
Discrepancies of the differences between the columns of DK and CDC from the third column (DK-CDC) are due to rounding error.
2
Double-Kernel
3
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4
Difference in prevalences between those based on the double-kernel and those based on the 2000 CDC percentile curves.
*
indicate that the double-kernel estimate is statistically different from the CDC estimate with p-value<.05 and <.01, respectively.
**
indicate that the double-kernel estimate is statistically different from the CDC estimate with p-value<.05 and <.01, respectively.