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. 2015 Feb 12;15:5. doi: 10.1186/s12887-015-0320-0

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.