Table 3.

Symptom perception by obesity status—participants below the median age.

	Accurate Zone		Danger Zone		Symptom Magnification Zone
Mean (SE) Asthma Risk Grid scores, adjusted for ethnicity
BMI below 95th percentile (n = 75)	69.76 (2.66)		7.66 (1.40)		22.59 (2.61)
BMI above 95th percentile (n = 25)†	65.73 (4.76)		11.69 (2.51)		22.57 (4.67)
ANOVA results
BMI category	F(1,96) = 2.09	ES†† = .02	F(1,96) = 1.57	ES = .02	F(1,96)<1.0	ES = .00
Ethnic minority status	F(1,96) = 5.65*	ES = .05	F(1,96)<1.0	ES = .00	F(1,96) = 7.29**	ES = .07
BMI category × ethnic minority status	F(1,96) = 1.81	ES = .02	F(1,96)<1.0	ES = .01	F(1,96)<1.0	ES = .01

^*p <.05;

^**p <.01;

^***p <.001.

^†Fifty-two percent (13/25) of the obese children in this age group were ethnic minorities.

^††Effect sizes are expressed as eta squared for the main effects and interactions.