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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2015 Mar 15;54(13):1247–1256. doi: 10.1177/0009922815574077

Table 2.

Patient characteristics (N = 237)

Variable N (%) or Mean (SD)
Age (years) 11.6 (3.7)
Sex (female) 147 (62)
Race
 White 97 (40.9)
 Black 64 (27)
 Other 34 (14.4)
 Unknown 42 (17.7)
Language
 English 219 (92.4)
 Spanish 12 (5.1)
 Other 6 (2.5)
BMI*percentile
 ≤ 84.9% 2 (0.8)
 85 – 94.5% 10 (4.2)
 95 – 96.9% 24 (10.1)
 97 – 98.9% 77 (32.5)
 ≥ 99% 124 (52.3)
Insurance
 Private 123 (51.9)
 Public 114 (48.1)
Caregiver (mother)§ 186 (88.6)
*

Body Mass Index

Coverage by a health plan provided through an employer or union or purchased by an individual from a private health insurance company

Plans funded by governments at the federal, state, or local level e.g. Medicaid

§

n = 210 due to missing items