Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the CHAPS cohort (at the 9-year-old visits).
| Characteristics | No. (%) or mean [SD] |
|---|---|
| Study cohort size | 218 |
| Age, mean [SD] | 9.46 [0.62] |
| Girls (%) | 102 (46.8) |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | |
| Latinx | 178 (81.7) |
| African American | 17 (7.8) |
| Non-Hispanic white | 16 (7.3) |
| Other | 7 (3.2) |
| Annual household income <$15K (%) | 53 (24.3) |
| Owns home (%) | 65 (29.8) |
| Lives with smoker (%) | 42 (19.3) |
| Activity level compared to children their age (%) | |
| Less active | 20 (9.2) |
| About as active | 135 (61.9) |
| More active | 63 (28.9) |
| Overweighta | 42 (19.3) |
| Obesea | 64 (29.4) |
| Highest maternal education level (%) | |
| <8th grade | 28 (12.9) |
| Some high school | 37 (17.1) |
| Completed high school or GED | 52 (24.0) |
| Some college | 54 (24.9) |
| Completed college | 35 (16.1) |
| Advanced degree | 11 (5.1) |
aUsing age- and sex-specific percentiles of the 2000 CDC growth charts, obese was defined as BMI ≥95th percentile and overweight was defined as BMI 85th to <95th percentiles.