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

Table 2 Anthropometric measurements among US children and adolescents, NHANES 2009-2018^a

^aData are reported as weighted mean (SE) for continuous variables or numbers and weighted percentage (SE for categorical variables
^bSevere obesity was defined as a BMI at or above the age- and sex-specific 120% of the 95th percentile of the CDC growth charts published in 2000. Of the 1772 with obesity, 1101 had severe obesity
^cOverweight/obesity was defined as a BMI at or above the age- and sex-specific 85th percentile of the 2000 CDC growth charts
^dCentral obesity was defined as WtHR ≥ 0.5.
^eCentral obesity was defined as waist circumferences of the 90th percentile or greater for the same age and sex based on the data from NHANES III (1988–1994)
^fFor categorical variables, we used Rao-Scott F-adjusted χ2 test. A t test was used to examine whether mean of WtHR varied by age groups. All tests were two-sided
WtHR, waist to height ratio

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