Obesity status trajectory groups among elementary school children

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Table 6 Comparison with Persistently Non-Obese Weight Trajectory (BMI 95%ile criterion): Multinomial Regression

		Becoming Obese^a		Chronically Obese^a
		Odds Ratio	95 % CI	Odds Ratio	95 % CI
Gender (reference group: Boy)	Girl	0.671**	0.498, 0.905	0.55***	0.407, 0.744
Ethnicity (reference group: White)	Asian	0.956	0.624, 1.466	0.76	0.467, 1.237
	Non-Hispanic Black	0.999	0.63, 1.585	1.688*	1.087, 2.624
	Hispanic	1.844**	1.189, 2.862	2.373***	1.524, 3.694
School SES (reference group: High SES)	Low SES	1.364	0.937, 1.986	1.362	0.952, 1.95

Note. ^aReference group is persistently non-obese group; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; CI: confidence interval

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