Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of OSDUHS students by BMI Status, 2015 (n = 9866)
| Characteristics | Overall | Overweight/Obese | Not Overweight/Obese | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 48.8 | (46.2–51.5) | 33.4** | (30.8–36.1) | 66.6 | (63.9–69.2) |
| Female | 51.2 | (48.5–53.8) | 25.3 | (22.8–27.7) | 74.8 | (72.3–77.2) |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 11–13 years old | 27.0 | (24.7–29.3) | 30.0 | (26.2–33.9) | 70.0 | (66.1–73.8) |
| 14–17 years old | 73.0 | (70.7–75.3) | 29.3 | (27.2–31.3) | 70.8 | (68.7–72.8) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 59.0 | (55.2–62.9) | 29.1 | (26.8–31.3) | 70.9 | (68.7–73.2) |
| Black | 5.9 | (4.7–7.1) | 34.4 | (27.7–41.0) | 65.6 | (59.0–72.3) |
| Asian | 19.0 | (16.0–22.1) | 27.9 | (24.2–31.7) | 72.1 | (68.3–75.8) |
| Other | 16.1 | (14.6–17.6) | 30.8 | (27.4–34.3) | 69.2 | (65.7–72.6) |
| Parental Educational Attainment | ||||||
| High School Graduate or less | 12.7 | (11.0–14.5) | 36.2* | (31.6–40.8) | 63.8 | (59.2–68.4) |
| Some Post-Secondary Education | 6.6 | (5.5–7.7) | 32.2* | (24.8–39.6) | 67.8 | (60.4–75.2) |
| University/College Graduate | 80.6 | (78.3–82.9) | 28.1* | (25.9–30.2) | 71.9 | (69.8–74.1) |
| Subjective Social Statusa | ||||||
| ≤4 | 6.1 | (5.3–7.0) | 35.8 | (28.9–42.7) | 64.3 | (57.3–71.2) |
| ≥5 | 93.9 | (93.0–94.7) | 29.0 | (27.2–30.9) | 71.0 | (69.1–72.8) |
Notes: aSubjective Social Status as measured using the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status (Scale from 1 to 10; mean = 7.03; standard error: 0.04); Second-order Rao-Scott Modified Chi Squared tests were conducted to examine differences between each characteristic (i.e., between likelihood of overweight/obesity in males and females) *P-value< 0.05; **P-value< 0.01