Table 4.
Prevalence of child overweight and obesity based on electronic health record and parent-reported data
| By child age | By child race/ethnicity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Ages 3–5 y | Ages 6–12 y | NonHispanic White | Black | Latino | Asian | |
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
| Overweight/obese (BMI- for-age percentile ≥ 85) | |||||||
| EHR data for full sample | 35.2 (32.3–38.1) | 27.0 (22.8–31.1) | 41.0a (37.1–44.9) | 29.7 (24.3–35.1) | 31.9 (23.3–40.5) | 42.8b (38.0–47.6) | 32.0 (25.4–38.5) |
| Parent-reported data | 50.2c (46.0–54.3) | 46.7c (40.1–53.2) | 52.5a (47.2–57.9) | 43.9c (36.8–51.1) | 57.4c (45.3–69.4) | 57.0cb (49.8–64.2) | 48.2 (37.4–59.1) |
| Obese (BMI-for-age percentile ≥ 95) | |||||||
| EHR data for full sample | 19.4 (17.0–21.8) | 13.4 (10.1–16.6) | 23.6a (20.2–26.9) | 14.4 (10.3–18.7) | 18.1 (11.0–25.2) | 23.7b (19.6–27.9) | 19.3 (13.8–24.8) |
| Parent-reported data | 32.1c (28.2–36.0) | 29.8c (23.7–35.8) | 33.6c (28.5–38.7) | 21.6c (15.7–27.5) | 39.1bc (27.3–50.9) | 41.4bbc(34.2–48.5) | 35.3bc (25.1–45.5) |
EHR = Electronic health record; CI = Confidence interval around percentage.
Denominators for full sample/children with parent-reported weight classification: All: N = 1053/558; Ages 3 to 5: N = 434/225; Ages 6 to 12: N = 619/333.
NonHispanic Whites: N = 276/180; Blacks: N = 116/69; Latinos N = 409/186; Asians N = 197/85.
aSignificant difference between age groups by two-tailed z-test (P < .05).
bSignificantly different from nonHispanic Whites by two-tailed z-test (P < .05).
cSignificant difference between prevalence estimated from parent-reported data and EHR data for all children in the demographic group by two-tailed z-test (P < .05).