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Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Health Care. 2013 Jul 5;28(3):241–250. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2013.05.009

Table 4.

Frequencies of diet/nutrition and exercise counseling provision among preventive care visits with obesity diagnosis in 2006-2009 NAMCS and NHAMCS by subgroup

	Diet/nutrition Counseling			Exercise Counseling
	2006-2007 (n=266)	2008-2009 (n=262)		2006-2007 (n=266)	2008-2009 (n=262)

	Weighted % (95%CI)	Weighted % (95%CI)	p	Weighted % (95%CI)	Weighted % (95%CI)	p
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	68 (42-94)	67 (52-83)	0.9770	63 (37-88)^*	60 (44-76)	0.8662
Non-Hispanic black	79 (72-85)	73 (65-82)	0.5958	56 (35-76)	37 (23-50)	0.0912
Hispanic	70 (55-85)	62 (43-81)	0.6032	46 (34-58)	44 (23-64)	0.8730
Neighborhood Poverty level
Quartile 1 (lowest)	96 (94-98)^*	95 (93-97)^*	0.7816	54 (24-83)^*	95 (92-97)^*	--
Quartile 2	89 (77-100)	73 (68-78)^*	0.1168	50 (30-70)^*	36 (29-43)^*	0.4775
Quartile 3	69 (47-92)	46 (27-64)	0.1778	61 (43-78)	38 (21-55)	0.0645
Quartile 4 (highest)	56 (39-72)	80 (58-100)	0.1762	42 (29-56)	58 (38-77)	0.3652
Neighborhood Education level
Quartile 1 (lowest)	54 (35-73)	50 (27-72)	0.7815	32 (16-49)	43 (22-64)	0.4921
Quartile 2	63 (31-95)	65 (52-79)	0.9054	70 (39-100)	48 (25-70)	0.2776
Quartile 3	93 (82-100)	64 (45-82)	0.0053	53 (30-77)	41 (20-63)^*	0.4001
Quartile 4 (highest)	90 (85-95)^*	98 (96-100)^*	0.0009	72 (42-100)^*	86 (62-100)^*	0.3842

CI = confidence interval

Estimates unreliable due to small sample size (less than 30)