Table 1.
Comparisons of demographic characteristics of parents with BED, Obesity, and Healthy-Weight.
| BED (n=63) | OB (n=85) | HW (n=183) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p | |
| Parent sex | .063 | |||
| Female | 51 (81.0%) | 55 (64.7%) | 120 (65.6%) | |
| Male | 12 (19.0%) | 30 (35.3%) | 61 (33.3%) | |
| Parent race/ethnicity | .066 | |||
| White | 56 (88.9%) | 65 (76.5%) | 143 (78.1%) | |
| Black | 1 (1.6%) | 6 (7.1%) | 11 (6.0%) | |
| Hispanic | 2 (3.2%) | 7 (8.2%) | 7 (3.8%) | |
| Asian | 1 (1.6%) | 1 (1.2%) | 13 (7.1%) | |
| Parent education | .002 | |||
| High school/GED | 12 (19.0%) | 19 (22.4%) | 22 (12.0%) | |
| Some college/Associates | 26 (41.3%) | 41 (48.2%) | 56 (30.6%) | |
| College degree | 18 (28.6%) | 16 (18.8%) | 60 (32.8%) | |
| Post-college | 7 (11.1%) | 8 (9.4%) | 42 (23.0%) | |
| Parent age | M=34.87 (SD=6.81) | M=37.71 (SD=8.18) | M=35.27 (SD=7.88) | .033 |
| Parent BMI | M=35.07 (SD=9.26) | M=36.59 (SD=6.40) | M=21.87 (SD=1.62) | <.001 |
| Child sex | .187 | |||
| Female | 29 (46.8%) | 39 (45.9%) | 101 (56.4%) | |
| Male | 33 (53.2%) | 46 (54.1%) | 78 (43.6%) | |
| Child age | M=9.88 (SD=2.96) | M=10.90 (SD=2.86) | M=10.18 (SD=3.03) | .083 |
| Child weight | ||||
| BMI z-score | M=0.55 (SD=1.53) | M=0.78 (SD=1.39) | M=0.22 (SD=1.43) | .011 |
| BMI percentile | M=65.64 (SD=33.14) | M=71.80 (SD=31.55) | M=56.76 (SD=34.79) | .003 |
| >85th percentile | 25 (39.7%) | 43 (50.6%) | 59 (32.2%) | .014 |
Note. N=331. Significance values are from chi-square tests (categorical) or analyses of variance (continuous). The range of parent BMIs by group were: BED 19.6-64.5 kg/m2, OB 30.1-73.2 kg/m2, HW 18.6-25.0 kg/m2).