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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Behav Med. 2011 Apr 10;35(2):149–154. doi: 10.1007/s10865-011-9340-x

Table 1.

Prevalence of obesity and major depressive disorder in the past year among adolescents aged 12–19 years: United States, 2001–2004

n Obesity
Major depressive disorder
% SE P value % SE P value
Total 4,150 16.8 1.06 3.2 0.40
Sex
 Males 2,147 18.0 1.21 0.16 1.7 0.43 < 0.001
 Females 2,003 15.6 1.47 4.9 0.60
Age
 12–15 years 2,124 16.8 1.39 0.97 3.3 0.63 0.80
 16–19 years 2,026 16.9 1.33 3.1 0.52
Race/ethnicity
 Mexican–American 1,273 18.8 1.22 < 0.01a 3.8 0.58 0.39a
 Non-Hispanic Black 1,348 21.3 1.13 2.6 0.58
 Non-Hispanic White 1,212 16.2 1.45 3.0 0.57
Poverty income ratiob
 < 1.0 1,411 18.4 1.49 0.39 3.3 0.57 0.91
 1.0–1.9 1,039 17.0 1.78 3.5 0.74
 2.0+ 1,700 16.0 1.35 3.1 0.61

Obesity is defined as greater than or equal to the 95th percentile of the 2000 CDC growth chart by age and gender

a

P value based on four race/ethnicity categories: Mexican–American, Non-Hispanic Black, Non-Hispanic White, and all other races including multiple races

b

An index calculated by dividing family income by a poverty threshold specific to family size and composition