Figure 2.
Age- and sex-adjusted mean child BMIa,b by ethnic groupc and neighborhood education level,d 5–8 years old (n=4599).
aCovariates are age and sex for ethnicity model and age, sex and ethnicity for neighborhood education level model.
bp<0.0001 for both models based on global F test across categories.
cAsian includes Chinese (68), Japanese (138), Korean (13), Asian Indian/Pakistani (11), Vietnamese (11), Laotian (4), Kampuchean (1), other Asian (185); ‘mixed’ includes Asian-mixed (512), Filipino-mixed (140), other Hawaiian-mixed (646), other-mixed (202), Samoan-mixed (22); ‘other’ ethnic group includes black (35), American Indian/Aleutian/Eskimo (5), other Pacific Islander (272), Other (144).
dYear 2000 census educational attainment based on the zip code of the child's address, as an indicator of socioeconomic status.