Table 1.
Demographics and characteristics for the children in the 2003 fire in the San Diego, CA, zip code area
| Characteristic | No. (%) of children | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight (n = 43) |
Normal (n = 1,183) |
Overweight (n = 407) |
Obese (n = 562) |
Total (n = 2,195) |
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| Age, y | .30 | |||||
| 5–11 | 30 (69.8) | 807 (68.2) | 288 (70.8) | 408 (72.6) | 1,533 (69.8) | |
| 12–17 | 13 (30.2) | 376 (31.8) | 119 (29.2) | 154 (27.4) | 662 (30.2) | |
| Sex | .007 | |||||
| Female | 18 (41.9) | 535 (45.2) | 183 (45) | 206 (36.7) | 942 (42.9) | |
| Male | 25 (58.1) | 648 (54.8) | 224 (55) | 356 (63.3) | 1,253 (57.1) | |
| Race/ethnicitya | <.001 | |||||
| White | 16 (37.2) | 556 (47) | 164 (40.3) | 179 (31.9) | 915 (41.7) | |
| African American | 6 (14) | 105 (8.9) | 38 (9.3) | 62 (11) | 211 (9.6) | |
| Hispanic | 11 (25.6) | 290 (24.5) | 137 (33.7) | 227 (40.4) | 665 (30.3) | |
| Asian | 5 (11.6) | 115 (9.7) | 37 (9.1) | 39 (6.9) | 196 (8.9) | |
| Other | 1 (2.3) | 25 (2.1) | 5 (1.2) | 16 (2.8) | 47 (2.1) | |
| Unknown | 4 (9.3) | 92 (7.8) | 26 (6.4) | 39 (6.9) | 161 (7.3) | |
a
Because of rounding, not all percentages total 100%.