Obesity status trajectory groups among elementary school children

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Participants’ Characteristics by Obesity Trajectory Groups with BMI 85%ile Criterion

	Persistently Non-Overweight/Obese		Late-onset Overweight/Obese		Early-onset Overweight/Obese		Becoming Healthy		Chronically Overweight/Obese
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender***
Male	375	45.4	88	10.65	78	9.44	80	9.69	205	24.82
Female	476	57.7	73	8.85	65	7.88	55	6.67	156	18.91
Ethnicity***
Non-Hispanic White	292	55.94	50	9.58	43	8.24	48	9.2	89	17.05
Non-Hispanic Black	184	49.07	40	10.67	27	7.2	31	8.27	93	24.8
Hispanic	151	39.84	35	9.23	40	10.55	31	8.18	122	32.19
Asian	224	59.73	36	9.6	33	8.8	25	6.67	57	15.2
School Title I^a (SES)***
High SES	658	54.74	117	9.73	99	8.24	101	8.4	227	18.89
Low SES	193	42.98	44	9.8	44	9.8	34	7.57	134	29.84

Note. Chi-squared test of independence was used to assess significance; ***p < 0.001; Percentages are calculated for each row; ^aTitle I status indicates that at least 40 % of students come from low-income families

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