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Table 2 Obesity in children with autism compared to children without autism

From: The prevalence of obesity in children with autism: a secondary data analysis using nationally representative data from the National Survey of Children's Health

   

Children without autism

Children with autism

P value for difference

Prevalence (standard error) for obesity*

23.6% (0.27)

30.4% (3.79)

0.075

Logistic regression model

  

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for obesity for children with autism compared to those without

 

Estimate

Standard Error

P value

Odds Ratio

95% CI

 

0.35

0.18

0.052

1.42

1.00, 2.02

  1. Obesity defined as BMI-for-age greater than or equal to the 95th percentile of the CDC sex-specific BMI growth chart.