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Table 1 Baseline sample characteristics overall and by baseline weight statusa,b (N = 2785)

From: Trajectories of eating behaviors in a nationally representative cohort of U.S. adolescents during the transition to young adulthood

  

Body Mass Index Percentile (BMI%ile)

 

Overall

<5

≥5, <85

≥85, <95

≥95

 

1.51 % (0.004)

59.27 % (0.02)

18.87 % (0.01)

20.35 % (0.01)

Age (years)

16.27 (0.03)

16.18 (0.19)

16.27 (0.03)

16.26 (0.04)

16.27 (0.05)

Family Affluence Scalec

5.41 (0.11)

5.75 (0.41)

5.48 (0.11)

5.32 (0.12)

5.22 (0.13)

Race/ethnicity (%)

 

Non-Hispanic White

55.70 (5.92)

64.37 (14.60)

58.12 (6.23)

56.61 (6.51)

47.16 (6.26)

Non-Hispanic Black

20.29 (4.43)

16.60 (9.76)

19.27 (4.45)

17.73 (5.15)

25.41 (4.57)

Hispanic

19.29 (3.71)

17.55 (9.63)

17.57 (3.86)

19.50 (5.70)

24.25 (4.15)

Other

4.82 (1.00)

1.48 (1.33)

5.05 (0.77)

6.16 (3.10)

3.18 (1.10)

Sex (%)

 

Male

45.48 (1.63)

80.34 (8.42)

43.30 (1.65)

43.86 (4.93)

50.77 (3.11)

Female

54.52 (1.63)

19.66 (8.42)

56.70 (1.65)

56.14 (4.93)

49.23 (3.11)

Parent education (%)

 

< High School

8.68 (2.06)

15.12 (7.88)

7.91 (1.94)

7.46 (3.43)

11.61 (2.44)

High school graduate

24.91 (2.96)

12.51 (7.32)

22.71 (2.46)

27.51 (3.02)

29.83 (3.70)

Some college

39.53 (1.74)

35.80 (15.33)

39.15 (2.29)

38.33 (3.17)

42.02 (2.97)

Bachelor’s degree

14.58 (1.56)

31.79 (14.66)

17.12 (1.94)

10.27 (1.82)

9.91 (1.82)

Graduate degree

12.30 (1.87)

4.77 (2.79)

13.12 (2.39)

16.43 (3.38)

6.64 (1.80)

Urbanicity (%)

 

Urban

17.36 (7.65)

25.51 (12.56)

17.58 (7.70)

16.95 (7.66)

16.52 (7.58)

Suburban

48.81 (9.80)

50.36 (16.28)

46.69 (10.00)

53.86 (9.89)

53.86 (10.19)

Rural

33.83 (7.41)

24.12 (10.52)

35.73 (8.05)

33.16 (7.29)

29.62 (7.02)

Vigorous physical activity (hours/week)

3.06 (0.11)

2.38 (0.32)

3.15 (0.12)

3.11 (0.16)

2.81 (0.17)

  1. aWeight status calculated according to BMI%ile cut-offs: <5 underweight; ≥5, <85 normal weight; ≥85, <95 overweight; ≥95 obese
  2. bValues are mean or % (SE)
  3. cRanging from 0 (low affluence) to 7 (high affluence)