Table 2.

Prevalence of severe obesity among Mississippi public school students

CAYPOS, 2017
		Severe Obesitya	P-value
		%, 95% CIb
Total		9.1 (7.9–10.4)
Sex			0.900
	Male	9.2 (7.7–10.8)
	Female	9.0 (7.6–10.8)
Race			<0.001
	White/Non-Hispanic	7.3 (6.1–8.6)
	Black/Non-Hispanic	10.9 (9.3–12.7)
Grade Level			<0.001
	Elementary school	6.5 (5.2–8.1)
	Middle school	9.6 (7.8-11.9)
	High school	12.0 (9.7–14.8)

^aStudents whose BMI-for-age and sex were at or greater than 120% of the 95^th percentile

^bConfidence Interval