TABLE 2. Perceived overweight prevalence by BMI percentile category, across sex and race/ethnicity.
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Hispanic | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (SE) | N | % (SE) | N | % (SE) | N | % (SE) | N | % (SE) | N | |
| Males | ||||||||||
| 0–<60th % | 2.68 (0.37) | 3,075 | 2.89 (0.44) | 1,718 | 0.97 (0.45) | 596 | 4.45 (2.51) | 261 | 2.87 (1.19) | 500 |
| 60–<75 | 11.72 (1.29) | 986 | 11.79 (1.62) | 556 | 9.22 (3.68) | 201 | 38.17 (8.94)a | 73 | 6.18 (2.91) | 156 |
| 75–<85 | 23.92 (2.61) | 680 | 24.99 (3.31) | 370 | 8.31 (2.97)a | 148 | 21.56 (8.13) | 33 | 34.44 (6.48) | 129 |
| ≥85 | 60.86 (1.63) | 1,686 | 63.09 (2.03) | 892 | 44.29 (3.5)a | 338 | 72.29 (7.77) | 119 | 65.02 (2.96) | 337 |
| Total | 22.03 (0.70) | 6,427 | 22.79 (0.88) | 3,536 | 14.61 (1.44) | 1,283 | 25.22 (3.2) | 486 | 25.76 (1.47) | 1,122 |
| Females | ||||||||||
| 0–<20th % | 2.96 (0.60) | 934 | 3.24 (0.80) | 521 | 4.26 (1.97) | 150 | 2.27 (1.2) | 116 | 0.44 (0.45) | 147 |
| 20–<60 | 16.85 (1.19) | 2,218 | 17.98 (1.39) | 1,313 | 9.66 (2.48) | 415 | 20.86 (4.73) | 167 | 15.31 (2.71) | 323 |
| 60–<85 | 46.53 (1.61) | 1,793 | 48.14 (1.92) | 996 | 33.43 (3.44)a | 401 | 80.24 (6.61)a | 79 | 47.72 (4.19) | 317 |
| ≥85 | 82.43 (1.60) | 1,629 | 85.60 (1.75) | 785 | 74.74 (2.98)a | 477 | 64.20 (10.09) | 64 | 83.97 (3.18) | 303 |
| Total | 39.66 (0.91) | 6,574 | 39.13 (1.12) | 3,615 | 40.46 (2.07) | 1,443 | 31.09 (3.78) | 426 | 44.17 (2.19) | 1,090 |
Notes: Weighted for national representation, standard errors corrected for survey design effects of multiple stage cluster sampling.
a
Bonferroni corrected p < .05 testing perceived overweight prevalence between white vs. black race, Asian race, and Hispanic ethnicity within BMI percentile category.