. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 18.

Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2012 Aug;14(4):517–522. doi: 10.1007/s10903-011-9535-9

Table 3.

Multivariate multinomial logistic regression models of selected demographic predictors of overweight (BMI 85th–94th percentile) and obesity (BMI ≥95th percentile) in children and adolescents of Mexican origin (n=1,717), adjusted for country of birth, country of residence, gender and age

	OR (95% CI)

Predictor	Overweight vs. Normal weight^a	Obese vs. Normal weight^a

Country of birth and country of residence
Mexican	1.0 (–)	1.0 (–)
Mexican immigrant	1.4 (1.0–2.0)	2.2 (1.6–3.0)
Mexican-American	1.9 (1.4–2.7)	2.5 (1.8–3.4)
Gender
Female	1.0 (–)	1.0 (–)
Male	0.9 (0.7–1.2)	1.6 (1.2–2.1)
Age, years
5–9	1.0 (–)	1.0 (–)
10–14	1.4 (1.0–2.0)	0.9 (0.6–1.2)
15–19	1.0 (0.7–1.4)	0.5 (0.4–0.7)

Note: BMI = body mass index; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

Normal weight (BMI 5th–84th percentile), base category.