Table 1.

Mean aBMI (kg/m²) in each major ethnic group (top) and ethnic subgroup (bottom) in 2007‐2008 by age group and sex

	4‐5 year olds						10‐11 year olds
	Males			Females			Males			Females
	Mean aBMI (kg/m2)	SE	P	Mean aBMI (kg/m2)	SE	P	Mean aBMI (kg/m2)	SE	P	Mean aBMI (kg/m2)	SE	P
Ethnic group
White	16.2	0.00	N/A	16.2	0.01	N/A	18.6	0.01	N/A	19.0	0.01	N/A
Black	15.3	0.02	< 0.001	15.3	0.02	< 0.001	18.4	0.03	< 0.001	19.2	0.04	< 0.001
South Asian	16.9	0.01	< 0.001	16.8	0.01	< 0.001	20.1	0.03	< 0.001	19.9	0.03	< 0.001
Ethnic subgroup
Black
African	15.3	0.02	< 0.001	15.4	0.02	< 0.001	18.4	0.05	< 0.001	19.2	0.05	< 0.001
Caribbean	15.2	0.03	< 0.001	15.2	0.03	< 0.001	18.4	0.06	< 0.001	19.2	0.06	< 0.001
Other	15.2	0.04	< 0.001	15.2	0.04	< 0.001	18.4	0.09	0.002	19.1	0.10	0.208
South Asian
Indian	16.7	0.02	< 0.001	16.6	0.03	< 0.001	19.9	0.05	< 0.001	19.7	0.05	< 0.001
Pakistani	17.0	0.02	< 0.001	16.9	0.02	< 0.001	20.1	0.04	< 0.001	20.1	0.05	< 0.001
Bangladeshi	17.2	0.03	< 0.001	17.0	0.03	< 0.001	20.5	0.06	< 0.001	20.1	0.07	< 0.001

Age‐adjusted means presented. P value for ethnic difference in aBMI from White children.