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Characteristic % (of N) Gender Male 49.9 Female 50.1 BMI category Overweight (≥85th percentile and <95th percentile BMI-for-age) 13.9 Obese (≥95th percentile BMI-for-age) 11.9 Parent gender Male 38.4 Female 61.6 Parent BMI category Overweight (BMI, ≥25 kg/m2 and <30 kg/m2) 35.3 Obese (BMI, ≥30 kg/m2) 32.8 Parent with prediabetes 7.9 Mothers with history of gestational diabetes† 9.7 Parent likely eligible for diabetes prevention programming‡ 9.5 ↵* Children ages 12 through 17 without missing BMI data, linked to parents who were sample adults, above the age of 18, and did not report a history of diabetes and were not missing BMI data; N = 13,633,334 weighted children and linked parents.
↵† N = 8,399,465 weighted female parents.
↵‡ Based on meeting BMI criteria and having a diagnosis of prediabetes or history of gestational diabetes.
BMI, body mass index.
Child BMI Category Parental BMI Category P Value† Under/Normal Weight Overweight Obese (BMI, <25 kg/m2) (BMI, ≥25 kg/m2 and <30 kg/m2) (BMI, ≥30 kg/m2) N = 1,220‡ N = 1,384§ N = 1,301‖ Under/normal weight, % (BMI-for-age <85th percentile) 86.0 75.8 60.7 <.01 Overweight, % (BMI-for-age ≥85th and <95th percentile) 8.7 14.9 18.0 Obese, % (BMI-for-age ≥95th percentile) 5.3 9.3 21.2 - Table 3.
Distribution of Child BMI Categories by Likely Parental Diabetes Prevention Program Eligibility*
Child BMI Category Parent Eligible Parent Ineligible P Value§ N = 356† N = 3,532‡ Under/normal weight, % (BMI-for-age <85th percentile) 65.6 75.2 <0.01 Overweight, % (BMI-for-age ≥85th and <95th percentile) 14.6 13.8 Obese, % (BMI-for-age ≥95th percentile) 19.8 11.0 ↵* Eligibility determined by parental weight status and self-report of history of prediabetes or gestational diabetes; % represents column distribution.
↵† Unweighted N, representing 1,297,367 weighted individuals.
↵‡ Unweighted N, representing 12,262,169 weighted individuals.
↵§ From Pearson's χ2 analysis.
BMI, body mass index.
