Table III.
Frequency of co-occurring medical, behavioral, developmental and psychiatric conditions by weight status for groups combined
| Characteristics | Children with underweight/ normal weight n = 1882 |
Children with overweight/obesity n = 584 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical conditions or symptoms | |||
| Asthma, n (%) | 78 (4.1%) | 55 (9.4%) | <.001 |
| Birth defects, n (%) | 85 (4.5%) | 40 (6.8%) | .025 |
| Cardiac diseases/disorders, n (%) | 57 (3.0%) | 22 (3.8%) | .376 |
| Endocrine diseases/disorders, n (%) | 17 (0.9%) | 17 (2.9%) | <.001 |
| Gastrointestinal disorders/symptoms, n (%) | 368 (19.6%) | 112 (19.2%) | .841 |
| Genetic disorders, n (%) | 49 (2.6%) | 35 (6.0%) | <.001 |
| Immune disorders, n (%) | 5 (0.3%) | 4 (0.7%) | .229 |
| Metabolic disorders, n (%) | 4 (0.2%) | 3 (0.5%) | .367 |
| Neurological abnormalities/symptoms, n (%) | 72 (3.8%) | 32 (5.5%) | .082 |
| Renal diseases/disorders, n (%) | 19 (1.0%) | 10 (1.7%) | .169 |
| Respiratory diseases/disorders, n (%) | 4 (0.2%) | 1 (0.2%) | .846 |
| Seizure disorder, n (%) | 36 (1.9%) | 15 (2.6%) | .331 |
| Behavioral, developmental or psychiatric conditions or symptoms | |||
| ADHD, n (%) | 91 (4.8%) | 31 (5.3%) | .645 |
| Behavioral problems, n (%) | 153 (8.1%) | 50 (8.6%) | .740 |
| Cognitive delay (Mullen < 70), n (%) | 6 (0.3%) | 3 (0.5%) | .450 |
| Feeding difficulties, n (%) | 83 (4.4%) | 21 (3.6%) | .392 |
| Motor delay, n (%) | 199 (10.6%) | 77 (13.2%) | .084 |
| Psychiatric disorders, n (%) | 34 (1.8%) | 15 (2.6%) | .239 |
| Sensory disorders, n (%) | 231 (12.3%) | 65 (11.1%) | .457 |
| Sleep problems, n (%) | 50 (2.7%) | 22 (3.8%) | .164 |
| Speech delay, n (%) | 745 (39.6%) | 282 (48.3%) | <.001 |