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. 2011 Sep 18;2011:270464. doi: 10.5402/2011/270464

Table 2.

Percentage of overweight and obesity by characteristics 2005a and 2010.

Overweightb (%, 95% CId) Obesec (%, 95% CId)
Characteristic 2005 2010 2005 2010
Gender
 Male 18.3 (15.3–21.7) 16.0 (13.0–19.5) 21.5 (19.2–24.1) 22.7 (16.1–31.0)
 Female 17.5 (14.7–20.8) 18.2 (15.8–20.8) 19.6 (16.4–23.1) 18.6 (12.1–27.5)
Race
 White 12.2 (9.1–16.3) 17.8 (11.8–25.9) 22.8 (17.1–29.8) 19.0 (8.5–37.2)
 Black 18.8 (16.4–21.3) 16.9 (14.6–19.5) 20.2 (18.0–22.6) 20.6 (14.7–28.1)
Race/Gender
 White male 8.5 (4.4–15.8)e 17.1 (10.0–27.8)e 22.2 (12.0–37.5)e 22.9 (8.5–48.7)e
 Black male 19.6 (16.4–23.2) 15.9 (13.0–19.3) 21.3 (18.1–25.0) 22.1 (16.4–29.1)
 White female 16.9 (8.4–31.1)e 18.5 (10.4–30.8)e 23.5 (15.4–34.3)e 14.8 (6.2–31.4)e
 Black female 18.0 (15.2–21.1) 18.1 (15.9–20.5) 19.0 (15.6–22.9) 18.9 (12.2–27.9)
Age (years)
 3 17.3 (14.2–20.9) 14.0 (10.2–18.9) 20.3 (17.1–23.9) 13.1 (8.9–18.9)
 4 17.7 (15.0–20.8) 17.0 (14.2–20.3) 20.3 (17.2–23.8) 22.7 (16.0–31.2)
 5 22.8 (13.9–35.1) 18.4 (14.3–23.3) 26.9 (16.9–40.0) 21.6 (13.2–33.3)

Total 17.9 (15.8–20.1) 17.0 (14.5–19.8) 20.6 (18.6–22.8) 20.8 (14.4–29.1)

a2005 data from Harbaugh et al. [21].

bBody mass index (BMI) ≥85th percentile and <95th percentile for age and gender.

cBody mass index (BMI) ≥95th percentile for age and gender.

d95% confidence interval.

eSample size is less than 50. The results may not be reliable.