Table 3.
Weight category change from Time 1(T1) to Time 2 (T2)
|
Weight category change
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overalla (N=337) |
Decreaseb (N=41) |
Remained excess, overweight, or obese (N=52) |
Increasec (N=26) |
Remained normal (N=218) |
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| Age at T1 (years) * | ||||||
| < 2 | 138 | 8 (5.8) | 2 (1.5) | 12 (8.7) | 116 (84.1) | |
| 2-5 | 82 | 15 (18.3) | 14 (17.1) | 4 (4.9) | 49 (59.8) | |
| 6-11 | 64 | 9 (14.1) | 17 (26.6) | 8 (12.5) | 30 (46.9) | |
| 12-19 | 53 | 9 (17.0) | 19 (35.9) | 2 (3.8) | 23 (43.4) | |
| Placement Typed | ||||||
| Kinship | 128 | 11 (8.6) | 23 (18.0) | 11 (8.6) | 83 (64.8) | |
| Unrelated | 202 | 30 (14.9) | 27 (13.4) | 15 (7.4) | 130 (64.4) | |
|
Reason for Foster
Care Placement d |
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| Neglect | Yes | 193 | 28 (14.5) | 31 (16.1) | 15 (7.8) | 119 (61.7) |
| No | 144 | 13 (9.0) | 21 (14.6) | 11 (7.6) | 99 (68.8) | |
| Physically abused | Yes | 62 | 9 (14.5) | 15 (24.2) | 3 (4.8) | 35 (56.5) |
| No | 275 | 32 (11.6) | 37 (13.5) | 23 (8.4) | 183 (66.6) | |
| Emotionally abused | Yes | 19 | 1 (5.3) | 5 (26.3) | 2 (10.5) | 11 (57.9) |
| No | 318 | 40 (12.6) | 47 (14.8) | 24 (7.6) | 207 (65.1) | |
| Sexually abused | Yes | 49 | 4 (8.2) | 12 (24.5) | 3 (6.1) | 30 (61.2) |
| No | 288 | 37 (12.9) | 40 (13.9) | 23 (8.0) | 188 (65.3) | |
| Parental substance use* |
Yes | 161 | 18 (11.2) | 14 (8.7) | 16 (9.9) | 113 (70.2) |
| No | 176 | 23 (13.1) | 38 (21.6) | 10 (5.7) | 105 (59.7) | |
*
Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test indicate a statistically significant association, p<0.05.
a
23 children with underweight BMI were excluded.
b
Excess weight or obese to normal, excess weight or obese to overweight, or overweight to normal
c
Normal to overweight, normal to excess weight or obese, or overweight to obese
d
7 children with unknown placement types were excluded; 11 children with unknown reason for foster care placement were exclused