Table 4.

Crude and adjusted prevalence (95% CI) of obesity by race/ethnicity, individual poverty and area deprivation

	Prevalence (95% CI)	OR
Crude prevalence
Non-Hispanic white	14.8 (13.2 to 16.4)	Reference
Non-Hispanic black	20.8 (19.5 to 22.1)	1.5 (1.3–1.7)*
Mexican-American	21.1 (19.4 to 22.8)	1.6 (1.4–1.9)*
Above poverty+lower area deprivation
Non-Hispanic white	13.2 (11.7 to 14.8)	Reference
Non-Hispanic black	19.5 (17.3 to 21.8)	1.6 (1.4–1.9)*
Mexican-American	16.5 (14.0 to 19.1)	1.3 (1.0–1.7)*
Below poverty+lower area deprivation
Non-Hispanic white	16.0 (12.3 to 19.7)	Reference
Non-Hispanic black	17.0 (11.0 to 23.0)	1.1 (0.6–1.8)
Mexican-American	22.4 (18.2 to 26.7)	1.5 (1.0–2.3)*
Above poverty+higher area deprivation
Non-Hispanic white	22.3 (18.4 to 26.2)	Reference
Non-Hispanic black	20.4 (18.1 to 22.8)	0.9 (0.7–1.2)
Mexican-American	22.0 (19.5 to 24.5)	1.0 (0.7–1.3)
Below poverty+higher area deprivation
Non-Hispanic white	21.4 (16.7 to 26.2)	Reference
Non-Hispanic black	20.9 (18.1 to 23.7)	1.0 (0.7–1.4)
Mexican-American	23.2 (20.2 to 26.3)	1.1 (0.8–1.5)

ORs (OR; 95% CI) for racial/ethnic disparities are also shown; non-Hispanic white children are the reference group.

^*Indicates p<0.05. Individual poverty is defined as poverty-to-income ratio below 100% of the federal poverty threshold; tract deprivation is defined as a positive value on the area deprivation index.