Table 1.

Child and Caregiver Demographic and Anthropometric Characteristics by Ethnic Group, Healthy Caregivers, Healthy Children, Phase 1 and 2, 2012–2018.

Characteristic	African American		Haitian		Othera		P
CHILD
	N=209	Mean (SD)	N=120	Mean (SD)	N=41
Age	209	3.1 (1.1)	120	3.6 (1.0)	41	3.7(1.1)	<0.001
Sex	N	Mean (%)	N	Mean (%)
Female	109	47.9	65	45.8	20	51.2	0.83
Male	100	52.1	55	54.2	21	48.8
BMI Percentile	197	60.1(28.0)	117	60.8(30.8)	41	62.8(28.1)	0.87
BMI Percentile Groupb
Normal Weight	162	77.5	84	70.0	30	73.2	0.24
Overweight	28	13.4	19	15.8	9	21.9
Obese	19	9.1	17	14.2	2	4.9
CAREGIVER
Relationship to Child
Mother	179	85.7	95	79.8	39	95.1	0.03
Father	17	8.1	19	16.0	0	0.0
Other	13	6.2	5	4.2	2	4.9
Education Level
< 12th grade education	21	10.1	36	31.9	7	18.0	<0.001
Completed high school/GED	104	50.2	29	25.6	13	33.3
>12th grade education	82	39.6	48	42.5	19	48.7
Language spoken at home
English	186	90.3	19	16.0	26	65.0	<0.001
Other	20	9.7	100	84.0	14	65.0
Birthplace
Foreign born	23	11.2	97	80.8	18	45.0	<0.001
US born	183	88.8	23	19.2	22	55.0

^aCaribbean Islander/West Indian, African, and Multiracial

^bNormal weight = BMI < 85^th percentile, overweight= ≥ 85^th percentile but < 95^thpercentile, obese= ≥ 95^th percentile)