Accuracy of parent-reported information for estimating prevalence of overweight and obesity in a race-ethnically diverse pediatric clinic population aged 3 to 12

Table 5 Comparison of children with and missing overweight and obesity classifications based on parent-reported data

			By child age				By child race/ethnicity
	All		Ages 3–5 y		Ages 6–12 y		NonHispanic White		Black		Latino		Asian
	PR	No PR	PR	No PR	PR	No PR	PR	No PR	PR	No PR	PR	No PR	PR	No PR
	(N = 558)	(N = 495)	(N = 225)	(N = 209)	(N = 333)	(N = 286)	(N = 189)	(N = 87)	(N = 68)	(N = 48)	(N = 223)	(N = 186)	(N = 85)	(N = 112)
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
EHR weight classification
Overweight/obese	36.7	33.5	26.7	27.3	43.5	38.1	31.7	25.3	41.2	18.8^a	43.5	42.2	35.3	29.5
Obese	20.8	17.8	14.2	12.4	25.2	21.7	14.8	13.8	27.9	4.2^a	26.3	21.5	18.8	19.6
Parent thinks child is overweight	17.2	10.8	4.9	4.3	25.8	15.6^a	14.8	4.6^a	16.2	4.2^a	19.4	13.6	21.4	11.8
Child is a boy	48.9	50.5	47.6	49.3	49.9	51.4	47.6	54.0	36.8	54.2	54.8	45.7	48.2	55.4
Mean age (SD) of children	7.5 (3.1)	6.9^a (2.7)	4.3 (0.8)	4.3 (0.9)	9.7 (1.9)	8.8^a (1.9)	7.3 (3.1)	7.1 (2.5)	7.9 (3.0)	6.8 (2.8)	7.7 (3.1)	7.2 (2.8)	7.4 (3.1)	6.4* (2.6)
How recently child was measured
Weight > 6 months ago	11.6	28.2^a	9.9	19.1^a	12.7	34.9^a	9.7	22.1^a	15.2	27.7	12.4	32.3^a	9.4	25.0^a
Height > 6 months ago	18.3	43.0^a	15.1	32.7^a	20.6	50.7^a	14.7	33.3^a	26.9	32.6	17.7	44.8^a	17.6	42.9^a
Mother completed questionnaire	82.6	86.8	80.8	87.6	83.8	86.3	79.3	82.8	85.3	93.7	86.6	91.9	81.2	75.9

EHR = Electronic health record; PR = Has weight classification based on parent-reported data; No PR = Missing weight classification based on parent-reported data.
^aSignificant difference (P < .05) between PR and No PR for this demographic subgroup by chi-square test.

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