Table 2.
Current study | NHANES 2010 data (2-5 years)35 | |
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Gender | ||
Female | 54.0% | 47.8% |
Male | 46.0% | 52.1% |
Ethnic group | ||
Latino | 57.2% | 38.5% |
African American | 24.5% | 17.7% |
White | 6.1% | 35.2% |
Asian | 2.2% | -- |
Interracial/other | 7.8% | -- |
Child participant BMI percentile | ||
85th - 95th percentile (overweight) | 12.6% | 14.6% |
95th percentile or above | 22.9% | 12.1% |
The prevalence of Asian and interracial participants were not reported by Ogden et al.35