Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants by disease group

	Obesity	CF	EGID	IBD	Epilepsy	Diabetes	SCD	Renal
N	119	63	54	34	105	150	35	29
Child age	11.0±3.1	12.7±4.3	8.4±4.2	15.4±1.4	7.3±2.8	15.5±1.4	10.7±4.4	14.9±3.2
Female child gender	65.5%	55.6%	24.1%	38.2%	35.2%	51.3%	34.3%	41.4%
Child race
African American	50.4%	1.6%	-	8.8%	17.1%	11.3%	97.1%	24.1%
Caucasian	43.7%	96.8%	94.4%	88.2%	74.3%	86.0%	-	75.9%
Other	5.9%	-	5.7%	2.9%	8.6%	2.7%	2.9%	-
Missing	-	1.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Relationship to child
Mother	83.2%	76.2%	100.0%	91.2%	81.0%	86.7%	71.4%	82.8%
Father	5.0%	7.9%	-	-	14.3%	10.0%	-	3.4%
Other	12.0%	12.7%		8.8%	4.8%	3.3%	28.6%	13.8%
Missing	-	3.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caregiver marital status
Single	35.3%	6.3%	7.4%	2.9%	19.0%	5.3%	45.7%	13.8%
Married	37.0%	79.4%	81.5%	88.2%	63.8%	74.7%	20.0%	65.5%
Separated/divorced	23.5%	11.1%	11.1%	5.9%	15.2%	16.7%	28.6%	6.9%
Other	4.2%	1.6%	-	2.9%	2.0%	3.4%	5.8%	13.8%
Missing	-	1.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Income
< $50,000	74.8%	44.4%	29.6%	8.8%	53.3%	-	68.6%	48.3%
≥ $50,000	23.5%	54.0%	64.8%	82.4%	46.7%	-	20.0%	44.8%
Missing	1.7%	1.6%	5.6%	8.8%	-	100%	11.4%	6.9%
Study type	C	C	C	L	L	L	C	C

Note. Study type abbreviations: C (cross-sectional), L (longitudinal).