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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2016 Apr 8;4(2):213–222. doi: 10.1007/s40615-016-0220-5

Table 4.

Prevalence and adjusted odds ratios for obesity among adults 18 years of age or older with a disability, stratified by race and ethnicity, 2007–2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

White/non-Hispanic
Black/Non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Asian
NHPI
AIAN
Total
%
(95 % CI)
aOR
(95 % CI)
%
(95 % CI)
aOR
(95 % CI)
%
(95 % CI)
aOR
(95 % CI)
%
(95 % CI)
aOR
(95 % CI)
%
(95 % CI)
aOR
(95 % CI)
%
(95 % CI)
aOR
(95 % CI)
%
(95 % CI)
Total 35.5
(35.1,36.0)
47.3
(46.0, 48.6)
39.9
(38.3,41.4)
20.3
(17.0,24.1)
31.8
(25.0, 39.5)
40.6
(37.6, 43.6)
37.1
(36.7, 37.5)
Income
  <$20,000 38.4
(37.5, 39.4)
1.14
(1.08, 1.20)
47.5
(45.5, 49.5)
0.84
(0.68, 1.05)
41.7
(39.3, 44.2)
0.90
(0.71, 1.14)
29.3
(20.1,40.5)
1.62
(0.76, 3.48)
33.3
(21.8,47.1)
1.13
(0.34, 3.77)
38.2
(34.2, 42.3)
0.65
(0.42, 1.01)
40.4
(39.5,41.2)
  $20,000–<$35,000 38.7
(37.7, 39.8)
1.21
(1.16, 1.27)
45.7
(42.9, 48.4)
0.81
(0.65, 1.00)
37.0
(33.9, 40.2)
0.80
(0.63, 1.02)
17.2
(10.9, 25.9)
1.08
(0.53, 2.24)
42.2
(29.1,56.4)
1.79
(0.64, 5.01)
40.7
(34.6, 47.0)
0.68
(0.43, 1.07)
39.0
(38.1,39.9)
  $35,000–<$50,000 36.7
(35.5, 37.9)
1.20
(1.15, 1.26)
51.5
(47.3, 55.6)
1.08
(0.86, 1.37)
37.8
(32.8, 43.1)
0.87
(0.65, 1.17)
28.2
(18.1,41.1)
1.76
(0.84, 3.68)
26.3a
(12.9, 46.3)
1.14
(0.27, 4.86)
40.8
(32.2, 49.9)
0.69
(0.42, 1.14)
38.3
(37.1, 39.5)
  $50,000–<$75,000 37.3
(36.2, 38.5)
1.23
(1.17, 1.30)
52.2
(47.7, 56.8)
1.22
(0.96, 1.56)
42.9
(36.8, 49.3)
1.12
(0.82,1.54)
14.0
(8.7,21.8)
0.71
(0.38, 1.33)
14.8a
(7.0, 28.5)
0.46
(0.10, 2.08)
38.9
(29.8, 48.8)
0.72
(0.44, 1.18)
38.4
(37.2, 39.6)
  $75,000+ 31.2
(30.3, 32.1)
Ref 48.7
(44.1, 53.5)
Ref 38.1
(33.5, 42.9)
Ref 17.8
(13.1,23.7)
Ref 22.9
(12.5,38.1)
Ref 50.3
(38.7,61.8)
Ref 32.1
(31.3,33.0)
Education
  <High school 36.6
(35.2, 37.9)
1.31
(1.24, 1.39)
45.3
(42.2, 48.4)
1.36
(1.15, 1.61)
41.9
(39.0, 44.9)
1.37
(1.12, 1.67)
17.9a
(8.7, 33.4)
0.86
(0.32, 2.26)
32.6
(18.7, 50.4)
2.80
(0.73, 10.71)
35.3
(29.3,41.9)
1.06
(0.75, 1.51)
38.8
(37.7, 40.0)
  High school/GED 37.8
(37.0, 38.6)
1.35
(1.29, 1.40)
47.1
(44.8, 49.4)
1.36
(1.17, 1.58)
39.3
(36.3, 42.4)
1.29
(1.05, 1.58)
23.3
(15.7, 33.0)
1.03
(0.55, 1.92)
32.9
(23.1,44.4)
1.77
(0.53, 5.91)
41.3
(36.5, 46.2)
1.31
(0.94, 1.81)
39.0
(38.2, 39.7)
  Some college 38.0
(37.2, 38.8)
1.36
(1.31, 1.41)
50.3
(48.0, 52.7)
1.41
(1.22, 1.64)
40.6
(37.6, 43.6)
1.28
(1.06,1.55)
26.0
(18.8, 34.8)
1.67
(0.98, 2.83)
36.7
(25.3, 49.7)
2.08
(0.68, 6.35)
43.5
(37.9, 49.3)
1.45
(1.05,2.02)
39.5
(38.8, 40.2)
  College graduate 30.2
(29.5,31.0)
Ref 43.6
(40.4, 46.8)
Ref 34.8
(31.7,38.1)
Ref 17.7
(13.5, 22.9)
Ref 22.5a
(10.4,42.1)
Ref 40.8
(33.3, 48.9)
Ref 31.3
(30.6, 32.1)

Prevalence was weighted and age adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. Odds ratios were adjusted for age, sex, income, education, and employment status

NHPI Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, AIAN American Indian or Alaska Native, CI confidence interval, GED General Educational Development

a

Estimate has a relative standard error (RSE) of ≥30 % and should be interpreted with caution