Table 3. Relative Risk (RR) of Obesity of Children With Lower Family Income Compared With Children With Higher Family Income, by Race/Ethnicity at Mean Age, California, 2010–2012.
| Race/ethnicity | Obesitya
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys |
Girls |
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| RRb (95% CI) | P Value | RRb
(95% CI) |
P Value | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1.45 (1.30–1.63) | <.001 | 1.57 (1.41–1.74) | <.001 |
| Asian | 1.58 (1.45–1.72) | <.001 | 2.00 (1.74–2.29) | <.001 |
| Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian | 1.60 (1.44–1.77) | <.001 | 1.76 (1.52–2.04) | <.001 |
| Filipino | 1.17 (1.10–1.24) | <.001 | 1.30 (1.17–1.44) | <.001 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1.22 (1.19–1.26) | <.001 | 1.29 (1.25–1.34) | <.001 |
| African American | 1.16 (1.11–1.22) | <.001 | 1.32 (1.26–1.39) | <.001 |
| White | 1.71 (1.64–1.79) | <.001 | 2.06 (1.95–2.17) | <.001 |
| Two or More races/ethnicities | 1.38 (1.29–1.48) | <.001 | 1.82 (1.66–2.00) | <.001 |
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.
a
Obesity defined as children’s BMI percentile greater than or equal to 95th percentile based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 BMI-for-age growth reference.
b
RR from log-binomial model adjusting for age.