Screening and Interventions for Childhood Overweight: A Summary of the Evidence, Table 4

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Study ID	Overweight Measure in Childhood, BMI percentile	Child's Age When Measured	Adult's Age when Measured	Probability of Adult Overweight (Male & Female combined)	Probability of Adult Overweight (Males)	Probability of Adult Overweight (Females)
Gortmaker, 1993⁶⁶ (n=10,039) 80% White, 14% Black, 6% Hispanic 51% Female	> 95	16-24	23-31	-	.77^a	.66^a
Freedman, 2001⁵⁷ (n=2617) 67% White, 32% Black, 57% Female	< 50	5-27	18-37	.07	-	-
Freedman, 2001⁵⁷ (as above)	85-94	5-27	18-37	.51	-	-
Freedman, 2001⁵⁷ (as above)	> 95	5-27	18-37	.77	-	-
Guo 2002⁵⁸ (n=347) 100% White, 52% female	> 75 > 85 > 95	3	35	- -	.1 .1 .2	.14 .17 .24
Guo 2002⁵⁸ (as above)	> 75 > 85 > 95	8	35	-	.1 .1 .2	.16 .23 .46
Guo 2002⁵⁸ (as above)	> 75 > 85 > 95	13	35	-	.2 .2 .5	.16 .27 .64
Guo 2002⁵⁸ (as above)	> 75 > 85 > 95	18	35	-	.2 .3 .8	.15 .26 .68

^aIn this study adult overweight was defined as >95%ile on NHANES.