Table 1.
N (%) | Proportion Obese |
ORb |
(95% CI) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||||
Female | 4143 (48) | 0.13 | 1 | ||
Male | 4473 (52) | 0.17 | 1.27 | (1.13, 1.43) | |
Age (years) | |||||
6–11 | 3306 (38) | 0.15 | 1 | ||
12–18 | 5310 (62) | 0.15 | 0.99 | (0.87, 1.12) | |
Insurancec | |||||
Commercial | 7860 (91) | 0.15 | 1 | ||
State-sponsored | |||||
subsidized | 260 (3) | 0.15 | 1.00 | (0.71, 1.42) | |
Medicaid | 496 (6) | 0.23 | 1.75 | (1.40, 2.17) |
6 to 18 year old children receiving medical care at the health plan in King County, WA
Odds ratios of obesity by demographic characteristic (referent group OR = 1)
Insurance generally corresponds to tiers of household income: commercial insurance = higher income families receiving insurance through employment; state-sponsored subsidized = low-middle income families that do not qualify as poor; Medicaid = lowest income families in poverty qualifying for government insurance