Table 1.
Characteristics of the Study Population
| Overall | Girls | Boys | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Age group | ||||||
| 8–12 | 260 | 55.0 | 116 | 49.8 | 144 | 60.0 |
| 13–14 | 129 | 27.3 | 72 | 30.9 | 57 | 23.8 |
| 15–16 | 84 | 17.8 | 45 | 19.3 | 39 | 16.3 |
| Nativity | ||||||
| Foreign born | 117 | 24.7 | 62 | 26.6 | 55 | 22.9 |
| US born | 352 | 74.4 | 169 | 72.5 | 183 | 76.3 |
| Missing | 4 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Hispanic/Latino group | ||||||
| Dominican | 61 | 12.9 | 30 | 12.9 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Puerto Rican | 36 | 7.6 | 18 | 7.7 | 18 | 7.5 |
| Cuban | 38 | 8.0 | 20 | 8.6 | 18 | 7.5 |
| Central American | 44 | 9.3 | 27 | 11.6 | 17 | 7.1 |
| Mexican | 193 | 40.8 | 97 | 41.6 | 96 | 40.0 |
| South American | 16 | 3.4 | 6 | 2.6 | 10 | 4.2 |
| Mixed/other | 55 | 11.6 | 24 | 10.3 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Missing | 30 | 6.3 | 11 | 4.7 | 19 | 7.9 |
| Household income | ||||||
| <$20k | 261 | 55.2 | 133 | 57.1 | 128 | 53.3 |
| $20 to <$40k | 134 | 28.3 | 66 | 28.3 | 68 | 28.3 |
| ≥$40k | 64 | 13.5 | 23 | 9.9 | 41 | 17.1 |
| Missing | 14 | 3.0 | 11 | 4.7 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Parental chronic stress | ||||||
| 0 | 105 | 22.2 | 46 | 19.7 | 59 | 24.6 |
| 1 | 123 | 26.6 | 70 | 30.0 | 53 | 22.1 |
| 2 | 106 | 22.4 | 49 | 21.0 | 57 | 23.8 |
| 3 or more | 139 | 29.4 | 68 | 29.2 | 71 | 29.6 |
| BMI | ||||||
| Obese | 139 | 29.4 | 63 | 27.0 | 76 | 31.7 |
| Overweight | 103 | 21.8 | 48 | 20.6 | 55 | 22.9 |
| Underweight/normal weight | 231 | 48.8 | 122 | 52.4 | 109 | 45.4 |