. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Sch Nurs. 2014 Oct 13;31(2):135–145. doi: 10.1177/1059840514554089

Table 1.

Demographic and Anthropometric Sample Characteristics.

Characteristic	n (%) or Mean (SD)
Age	15.3 ± 0.7 years
Gender
Male	146 (38.0%)
Female	238 (62.0%)
Race/Ethnicity
White, non-Latino	134 (35.6%)
White, Latino	85 (22.6%)
Black, non-Latino	83 (22.1%)
Multi-race	49 (13.2%)
Asian	21 (5.6%)
Household income
<US$40,000	129 (43.6%)
US$40,000 – US$79,999	112 (37.8%)
US$80,000+	55 (18.6%)
BMI	24.7 ± 5.6 kg/m²
BMI category
Normal weight (<85th percentile)	205 (54.1%)
Overweight (≥ 85th to <95th percentile)	84 (22.2%)
Obese (≥ 95th percentile obese)	90 (23.7%)

Note. BMI = body mass index; SD = standard deviation.