Table 7.
Stratification over the education level*
| Low education level (below 12 years of education) | High education level (over 12 years of education) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | 95 % CI | P | β | 95 % CI | P | |
| Model 1: Linear regression taking the Eating Attitude Test score as the dependent variable and the socio-demographic characteristics as the independent variables | ||||||
| Age | 0·18 | −0·09, 0·46 | 0·186 | −0·11 | −0·20, 0·02 | 0·009 |
| Body mass index | 0·25 | −0·22, 0·73 | 0·295 | 0·24 | 0·04, 0·43 | 0·016 |
| Low income v no income* | 11·21 | 3·35, 19·07 | 0·006 | −1·87 | −4·02, 0·27 | 0·087 |
| Intermediate income v no income* | −3·39 | −14·29, 7·50 | 0·537 | 3·86 | 1·20, 6·53 | 0·005 |
| Model 2: Linear regression taking the Eating Attitude Test score as the dependent variable and the scales and the behavioural practices of certain eating habits as independent variables | ||||||
| Daily weighting (yes v no*) | 10·30 | −5·84, 26·46 | 0·194 | 3·17 | 0·41, 5·93 | 0·024 |
| Pressure from TV, magazine to lose weight (yes v no*) | −0·10 | −12·00, 11·80 | 0·986 | 4·24 | 1·37, 7·11 | 0·004 |
| Starving to reduce weight (yes v no*) | 14·00 | 4·76, 23·24 | 0·004 | 3·65 | 0·82, 6·48 | 0·012 |
| Depression (HAMD) | 0·88 | −0·29, 2·05 | 0·130 | 0·30 | 0·14, 0·45 | <0·001 |
| Physical activity | 0·04 | −0·27, 0·36 | 0·764 | 0·07 | 0·03, 0·12 | 0·001 |
*
Reference group; Low education level includes illiterate, primary and complementary categories, whereas the high education level includes the secondary and university categories; numbers in bold indicate significant P-values.