Table 1.

Ethnic differences in the age- and gender-adjusted probabilities of children aged between 2 and 15 being at or above the International Obesity Task Force thresholds for overweight (but below those for obesity)^*, rather than normal or under-weight – combined data across all years

	Both genders (1)	Boys (1)	Girls (1)	Both genders (2)	Boys (2)	Girls (2)
White English	0.19 [0.18, 0.19]	0.17 [0.16, 0.18]	0.21 [0.20, 0.22]	0.19 [0.18, 0.19]	0.17 [0.16, 0.18]	0.21 [0.20, 0.22]
White Irish	0.17 [0.14, 0.20]	0.17 [0.12, 0.22]	0.17 [0.12, 0.22]	0.17 [0.14, 0.20]	0.17 [0.12, 0.22]	0.17 [0.13, 0.22]
Other White	0.19 [0.16, 0.22]	0.18 [0.14, 0.22]	0.19 [0.15, 0.24]	0.19 [0.16, 0.22]	0.18 [0.14, 0.22]	0.20 [0.15, 0.24]
Black Caribbean	0.19 [0.16, 0.21]	0.15 [0.12, 0.19]	0.22 [0.18, 0.26]	0.18 [0.16, 0.21]	0.15 [0.12, 0.19]	0.21 [0.17, 0.26]
Black African	0.24 [0.20, 0.28]	0.20 [0.15, 0.24]	0.28 [0.23, 0.34]	0.24 [0.20, 0.27]	0.20 [0.15, 0.24]	0.28 [0.22, 0.33]
Indian	0.19 [0.16, 0.22]	0.16 [0.13, 0.20]	0.21 [0.16, 0.25]	0.19 [0.15, 0.22]	0.16 [0.13, 0.20]	0.21 [0.16, 0.25]
Pakistani	0.19 [0.16, 0.22]	0.19 [0.15, 0.24]	0.19 [0.15, 0.23]	0.19 [0.15, 0.22]	0.19 [0.15, 0.24]	0.18 [0.14, 0.23]
Bangladeshi	0.17 [0.12, 0.22]	0.11 [0.07, 0.16]	0.23 [0.15, 0.31]	0.16 [0.12, 0.21]	0.11 [0.06, 0.16]	0.22 [0.14, 0.30]
Other South Asian	0.14 [0.11, 0.17]	0.12 [0.09, 0.16]	0.16 [0.12, 0.20]	0.14 [0.11, 0.17]	0.12 [0.09, 0.16]	0.16 [0.12, 0.20]
Chinese	0.22 [0.13, 0.32]	0.18 [0.07, 0.30]	0.27 [0.13, 0.41]	0.22 [0.13, 0.32]	0.18 [0.07, 0.30]	0.27 [0.14, 0.41]
Other	0.19 [0.16, 0.23]	0.15 [0.11, 0.20]	0.24 [0.18, 0.29]	0.19 [0.16, 0.23]	0.15 [0.11, 0.20]	0.23 [0.18, 0.29]
Ethnic variations in overweight†	27.67 (0.002)	19.67 (0.03)	37.33 (<0.001)	22.05 (0.01)	15.98 (0.10)	27.54 (0.002)

Note: Age- and gender-adjusted predictive margins [95% confidence intervals].

Models (1) adjust for year of data collection and exclude those with missing data on equivalized household income.

Models (2) also adjust for equivalized household income.

Only those with unweighted N's of over 30 are included in table.

^*Age and gender-specific cut-off points for children extrapolated from adult body mass index cut-offs of 25 kg m⁻².

^†χ² (P-value).