Table 4.

Comparison with Persistently Non-Overweight/Obese Weight Trajectory (BMI 85%ile criterion): Multinomial Regression

		Late-onset Overweight/Obesea		Early-onset Overweight/Obesea		Becoming Healthya		Chronically Overweight/Obesea
		Odds Ratio	95 % CI	Odds Ratio	95 % CI	Odds Ratio	95 % CI	Odds Ratio	95 % CI
Gender (reference group: Boy)	Girl	0.634**	0.451, 0.892	0.64*	0.447, 0.915	0.525***	0.362, 0.761	0.556***	0.431, 0.718
Ethnicity (reference group: White)	Asian	0.942	0.592, 1.497	1	0.615, 1.628	0.684	0.408, 1.145	0.836	0.573, 1.22
	Non-Hispanic Black	1.289	0.786, 2.114	0.933	0.534, 1.632	1.126	0.664, 1.911	1.574*	1.082, 2.291
	Hispanic	1.36	0.799, 2.315	1.636	0.952, 2.811	1.377	0.792, 2.394	2.444***	1.669, 3.577
School SES (reference group: High SES)	Low SES	1.081	0.69, 1.694	1.298	0.812, 2.072	0.934	0.571, 1.527	1.298	0.945, 1.783

Note. ^aReference group is persistently non-overweight/obese group; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; CI: confidence interval