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Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2010 Jun;51(2):200–214. doi: 10.1177/0022146510372347

Table 3.

Growth Curve Models of the Association of Gender and English Language Proficiency with Percentile BMI

	All children of immigrants		Children of the 1.0 generation		Children of the 1.5 generation
	Kindergarten Percentile BMI	Monthly Growth	Kindergarten Percentile BMI	Monthly Growth	Kindergarten Percentile BMI	Monthly Growth

Intercept	65.822 ^***	.136 ^***	64.914 ^***	.149 ^***	71.758 ^***	.148 ^**
Girl	−2.557 ^**	−.083 ^***	−2.368 ^*	−.093 ^***	.544	−.143 ^*
English Proficiency	−1.918 ^**	.021 ^*	−1.822 ^*	.032 ^*	−.615	−.029
× Girl	2.096 ^*	−.024 ^†	2.577 ^*	−.038 ^*	−2.191	.077
(Reference = White)
Black	−2.680	.043	−2.841	−.038 ^†	−4.941	−.015
Hispanic	1.987	−.034 ^†	2.450	.017	−1.749	.132
Asian	−8.159 ^***	−.007	−8.842 ^***	−.009	−5.145	−.065
Child’s Health	−.210	–	−.279	–	.215	–
Mother’s Employment	.643	–	.352	–	2.070 +	–
Socioeconomic Status	−.240	−.034 ^***	−.145	−.031 ^**	−.303	−.049 ^†
Birth weight	1.718 ^***	−.008 +	1.673^***	−.009 ^*	2.068 ^**	−.007
Two-parent Family	−.557	–	−.976	–	1.158	–
Mother’s age	.013	–	.057	–	−.246	–
Number of siblings	−.574 ^*	–	−.478 ^†	–	−1.080	–
Person-records	18,660		14,700		3,960

^†

p < .10

p < .05

^**

p < .01

^***

p < .001