Table 5.

Comparison of children with and missing overweight and obesity classifications based on parent-reported data

			By child age				By child race/ethnicity
	All		Ages 3–5 y		Ages 6–12 y		NonHispanic White		Black		Latino		Asian
	PR	No PR	PR	No PR	PR	No PR	PR	No PR	PR	No PR	PR	No PR	PR	No PR
	(N = 558)	(N = 495)	(N = 225)	(N = 209)	(N = 333)	(N = 286)	(N = 189)	(N = 87)	(N = 68)	(N = 48)	(N = 223)	(N = 186)	(N = 85)	(N = 112)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
EHR weight classification
Overweight/obese	36.7	33.5	26.7	27.3	43.5	38.1	31.7	25.3	41.2	18.8a	43.5	42.2	35.3	29.5
Obese	20.8	17.8	14.2	12.4	25.2	21.7	14.8	13.8	27.9	4.2a	26.3	21.5	18.8	19.6
Parent thinks child is overweight	17.2	10.8	4.9	4.3	25.8	15.6a	14.8	4.6a	16.2	4.2a	19.4	13.6	21.4	11.8
Child is a boy	48.9	50.5	47.6	49.3	49.9	51.4	47.6	54.0	36.8	54.2	54.8	45.7	48.2	55.4
Mean age (SD) of children	7.5 (3.1)	6.9a (2.7)	4.3 (0.8)	4.3 (0.9)	9.7 (1.9)	8.8a (1.9)	7.3 (3.1)	7.1 (2.5)	7.9 (3.0)	6.8 (2.8)	7.7 (3.1)	7.2 (2.8)	7.4 (3.1)	6.4* (2.6)
How recently child was measured
Weight > 6 months ago	11.6	28.2a	9.9	19.1a	12.7	34.9a	9.7	22.1a	15.2	27.7	12.4	32.3a	9.4	25.0a
Height > 6 months ago	18.3	43.0a	15.1	32.7a	20.6	50.7a	14.7	33.3a	26.9	32.6	17.7	44.8a	17.6	42.9a
Mother completed questionnaire	82.6	86.8	80.8	87.6	83.8	86.3	79.3	82.8	85.3	93.7	86.6	91.9	81.2	75.9

EHR = Electronic health record; PR = Has weight classification based on parent-reported data; No PR = Missing weight classification based on parent-reported data.

^aSignificant difference (P < .05) between PR and No PR for this demographic subgroup by chi-square test.