Table 2.
Comparisons between subgroups of adolescents in the proportions of underweight/normal weight (Under/Normal) and overweight/obese (Over/Obese), and waist-height ratio (WHtR).
| BMI Categories (n=294) | WHtR (n=278) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under/ Normal n (%) | Over/ Obese n (%) | X2 | p | <0.5 n (%) | ≥0.5 n (%) | X2 | p | ||
| Gender | Male | 86 (56.2) | 67 (43.8) | 3.92 | <.05 | 96 (66.2) | 49 (33.8) | 6.53 | .01 |
| Female | 62 (44.0) | 79 (56.0) | 67 (50.4) | 66 (49.6) | |||||
| Age (years) | 12–14 | 73 (51.8) | 68 (48.2) | 0.13 | .72 | 89 (66.9) | 44 (33.1) | 6.58 | .01 |
| 15–20 | 75 (46.4) | 78 (53.6) | 74 (51.0) | 71 (49.0) | |||||
| Race | White | 21 (53.8) | 18 (46.2) | 0.09 | .77 | 25 (64.1) | 14 (35.9) | 0.33 | .57 |
| Non-white | 127 (49.8) | 128 (50.2) | 138 (57.7) | 101 (42.3) | |||||
| Household income | ≤$30k | 83 (50.0) | 83 (50.0) | 0.00 | 1.00 | 43 (57.3) | 32 (42.7) | 0.03 | .88 |
| >$30k | 62 (50.4) | 61 (49.6) | 118 (59.3) | 81 (40.7) | |||||
| Family asthma | Yes | 90 (50.0) | 90 (50.0) | 0.00 | .98 | 101 (60.5) | 66 (39.5) | 0.41 | .52 |
| No | 58 (50.9) | 56 (49.1) | 62 (55.9) | 49 (44.1) | |||||
| Age at diagnosis | < 6 | 104 (52.5) | 94 (47.5) | 0.91 | .34 | 112 (59.9) | 75 (40.1) | 0.23 | .63 |
| ≥ 6 | 44 (45.8) | 52 (54.2) | 51 (56.0) | 40 (44.0) | |||||
Under/Normal: underweight or normal weight; Over/Obese: overweight or obese