Table 2.
Number & Percentage in Weight Categories by Ethnicity, SES, & Place of Residence
| Under- or Normal Weight (<85%) | At Risk (85–94%) | Overweight (= or >95%) | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Ethnicity* | ||||||
| Hawaiian/Part Hawaiian | 164 | 70 | 27 | 11 | 45 | 19 |
| Pacific Island | 16 | 42 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 40 |
| Asian | 75 | 72 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 16 |
| Filipino | 72 | 70 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 19 |
| White | 29 | 69 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 10 |
| Hispanic, Black, Other | 24 | 75 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 13 |
| SES** | ||||||
| Medicaid (Quest) | 112 | 70 | 19 | 12 | 29 | 18 |
| Non-Medicaid | 268 | 68 | 51 | 13 | 75 | 19 |
| Residence^ | ||||||
| Honolulu/East Honolulu | 136 | 67 | 22 | 11 | 44 | 22 |
| Ewa/Waianae | 110 | 68 | 17 | 10 | 35 | 22 |
| Cental O‘ahu/North Shore | 44 | 60 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 15 |
| Windward | 89 | 78 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 |
*
x2 20.172, p = 0.028;
**
x2 0.218, p = 0.897;
^
x2 17.288, p=0.008