Ethnic Differences in Risk Factors for Obesity among Adults in California, the United States

Table 1

The prevalence (%) of obesity according to characteristics of participants, the 2011-12 CHIS ().

Characteristics	Sample size	Prevalence (%)	95% CI
Overall	42,935	24.8	24.2–25.4
Race
White	26,376	22.0	21.3–22.7	<0.0001
Latino	6,453	33.6	31.8–35.4
Asian	4,253	9.8	8.2–11.4
African American	2,079	36.1	32.8–39.4
Other	3,774	29.9	27.5–32.4
Gender
Male	17,848	25.8	24.9–26.6	<0.0001
Female	25,087	23.9	23.1–24.7
Age in years
18–44	12,010	21.8	20.8–22.8	<0.0001
45–64	16,810	30.1	28.9–31.3
65+	14,115	23.1	22.1–24.1
Employment
No	21,424	26.3	25.2–27.4	0.0005
Yes	21,511	23.9	23.0–24.7
Physical activity
No	15,823	28.0	26.9–29.2	<0.0001
Yes	26,763	23.0	22.1–23.8
Smoking status
Never	25,405	23.3	22.5–24.2	<0.0001
Current	4,977	25.2	23.3–27.1
Past	12,553	28.6	27.3–29.8
Binge drinking
Never	32,863	24.9	24.2–25.7	0.378
Infrequent	5,948	25.2	23.5–26.9
Frequent	4,124	23.4	21.1–25.7
Arthritis
No	29,760	22.5	21.8–23.2	<0.0001
Yes	13,175	33.9	32.5–35.3
Diabetes medicine intake
No	38,234	22.7	22.1–23.3	<0.0001
Yes	3,396	48.6	45.8–51.5
Serious psychological distress
No	41,199	24.4	23.9–25.0	<0.0001
Yes	1,515	35.2	30.7–39.7

CHIS, California Health Interview Survey; CI, confidence interval.
value is calculated from test.
Notes. Sampling weights were used in analysis. Results in bold indicate statistically significant findings.