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Table 2 Prevalence of obesity by school-level economic disadvantage (ED) among central Texas 8th grade students, stratified by gender and family SES. Central Texas CATCH Middle School Project, Spring 2009 (n=2,644 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

 

Poor - Just Getting By

Living Comfortably

Well Off

 

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.)

71

8.78

1.00

 

274

10.49

1.00

 

86

8.97

1.00

 

Medium School ED

93

19.67

2.60 (0.94,7.22)

0.09

250

14.90

1.49 (0.78,2.86)

0.28

52

18.02

2.40 (0.67,8.59)

0.22

High School ED

128

19.98

2.62 (0.91,7.56)

0.10

258

17.38

1.72 (0.88,3.37)

0.11

49

31.26

5.70 (1.43,22.77)

0.01

 

Boys

 

Poor - Just Getting By

Living Comfortably

Well Off

 

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.)

70

11.87

1.00

 

239

15.22

1.00

 

84

20.72

1.00

 

Medium School ED

87

22.64

2.20 (0.89,5.48)

0.10

267

23.23

1.70 (1.01,2.84)

0.05

57

11.15

0.45 (0.15,1.33)

0.18

High School ED

96

22.64

2.18 (0.85,5.60)

0.12

204

22.88

1.65 (0.93,2.94)

0.11

54

27.73

1.38 (0.53,3.59)

0.37

  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 ethnicity.
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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