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Table 3 Prevalence of obesity by school-level economic disadvantage (ED) among central Texas 8th grade students, stratified by gender andethnicity. Central Texas CATCH Middle School Project, Spring 2009 (n=2,384 students, n=30 public middle schools)

From: School-level economic disadvantage and obesity in middle school children in central Texas, USA: a cross-sectional study

 

Girls

 

African American

Hispanic

White

 

n

% Obese

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

n

% Obese

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

n

% Obese

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

Low School ED (ref.)

34

9.40

1.00

 

110

14.04

1.00

 

236

6.00

1.00

 

Medium School ED

68

17.91

2.10 (0.53,8.34)

0.34

245

20.06

1.53 (0.73,3.17)

0.27

80

13.64

2.44 (1.00,5.97)

0.055

High School ED

50

33.87

4.86 (1.21,19.50)

0.01

383

20.60

1.56 (0.76,3.19)

0.21

26

34.97

8.69 (2.98,25.33)

<.0001

 

Boys

 

African American

Hispanic

White

 

n

% Obese

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

n

% Obese

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

n

% Obese

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

Low School ED (ref.)

34

7.69

1.00

 

102

21.24

1.00

 

208

20.72

  

Medium School ED

86

23.01

3.24(0.73, 14.27)

0.10

228

24.39

1.19 (0.64,2.23)

0.59

99

11.15

1.33 (0.63,2.80)

0.47

High School ED

74

20.41

2.95(0.64, 13.53)

0.19

307

28.82

1.50 (0.82,2.73)

0.18

14

27.73

0.77 (0.09,6.44)

0.77

  1. Abbreviations: ED, School-Level Economic Disadvantage; SES, Family Socioeconomic Status; ref., referent; AOR, Adjusted Odds Ratio; 95% CI, Confidence Interval. Obesity defined as ≥95th percentile; school-level ED based on Texas Education Agency data; family SES based on student self-report. Analyses adjusted for age and family SES.
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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