Table 1.

Mean, standard deviation and frequencies for selected characteristics among Latino children and parents in San Francisco Bay Area 2003–2004

	Mean	SD	% (n/Total)
Age, years	10.2	1.1
Sex, female			50.7 (73/144)
BMI, percentile	80.2	25.6
BMI ≥ 85th percentile			62.50 (90/144)
BMI ≥ 95th percentile			45.2 (65/144)
Child country of birth
United States			81.3 (117/144)
Mexico			15.3 (22/144)
Central America			3.5 (5/144)
Parental BMI	30.4	6.9
Parental BMI ≥ 25 (overweight)			86.1 (118/137)
Parental BMI ≥ 30 (obese)			45.3 (62/137)
Parental ethnicity
Mexico			62.2 (89/143)
Central/South America			26.6 (38/143)
Other including US			11.2 (16/143)
Mother foreign born			80.4 (115/143)
Father foreign born			81.4 (114/140)