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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of US children and adolescents aged 6 to 19 years, NHANES 2009-2018a

From: Association of dietary inflammatory index with obesity among children and adolescents in the United States NHANES cohort: a population-based study

 

All, 6-19 years

Aged 6–11 years

Aged 12–19 years

 
 

n

Mean or prevalence (SE)

n

Mean or prevalence (SE)

n

Mean or prevalence (SE)

Pd

Overall, n (%)

12,454

100%

6933

55.67%

5521

44.33%

 

Age,y

12,454

12.48(0.06)

6933

9.03(0.03)

5521

15.90(0.04)

< 0.0001

Sex

      

0.96

 Female

6118

48.96(0.02)

3427

48.92(0.90)

2691

48.99(0.89)

 

 Male

6336

51.04(0.02)

3506

51.08(0.90)

2830

51.01(0.89)

 

Race/Ethnicity, %b

      

0.06

 White (non-Hispanic)

3437

53.43(0.03)

1917

52.44(2.18)

1520

54.42(2.01)

 

 Non-Hispanic black

3038

14.02(0.01)

1681

13.75(1.05)

1357

14.28(1.16)

 

 Mexican-American

2751

15.29(0.01)

1546

15.75(1.44)

1205

14.84(1.31)

 

 Other Hispanic other

3228

17.26(0.01)

1789

18.06(0.90)

1439

16.46(0.76)

 

Poverty income ratio, %c

      

0.38

 < 130%

4993

30.10(0.01)

2833

33.16(1.39)

2160

31.87(1.59)

 

 > 130%

6343

62.46(0.03)

3528

66.84(1.39)

2815

68.13(1.59)

 

Physical activity

      

< 0.0001

 Active

4716

42.95(0.02)

4167

10.34(0.52)

549

75.29(1.02)

 

 Inactive

7738

57.05(0.02)

1354

89.66(0.52)

6384

24.71(1.02)

 

Dii

12,454

2.05(0.02)

6933

2.11(0.03)

5521

1.99(0.03)

0.01

Energy intake, kcal

12,454

2042.72(11.35)

6933

1926.20(11.75)

5521

2148.05(18.50)

< 0.0001

  1. aAll estimates are weighted except sample sizes (n)
  2. bEstimates from participants who reported other race-Hispanic origin or more than one race group are not presented separately
  3. cPoverty income ratio was calculated as total family income relative to the Department of Health and Human Services poverty guidelines and was categorized as ≤ 130% or > 130%
  4. dFor categorical variables, we used Rao-Scott F-adjusted χ2 test. A t test was used to examine whether means of continuous variables varied by age groups. All tests were two-sided
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics

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