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. 2021 Aug 25;24(17):5826–5836. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021003153

Table 3.

Bivariate logistic regression models for the associations between household food insecurity and overweight, obesity and abdominal obesity in Mexican women. ENSANUT MC 2016

Variable Overweight Obesity Abdominal obesity
OR 95 % CI P OR 95 % CI P OR 95 % CI P
Household food insecurity level
 Household food security 1·00 1·00 1·00
 Mild household-food insecurity 1·48 0·97, 2·25 0·068 1·35 0·87, 2·09 0·181 0·93 0·60, 1·45 0·753
 Moderate household-food insecurity 1·47 0·86, 2·50 0·158 1·73 1·02, 2·95 0·044 1·01 0·61, 1·68 0·963
 Severe household-food insecurity 1·85 1·08, 3·16 0·025 2·55 1·54, 4·23 <0·001 2·10 1·08, 4·10 0·029
Indigenous ethnicity
 No 1·00 1·00 1·00
 Yes 1·16 0·63, 2·13 0·642 0·71 0·41, 1·24 0·227 0·78 0·38, 1·62 0·507
Education level
 High school or higher 1·00 1·00 1·000
 Elementary or secondary 1·31 0·93, 1·85 0·124 1·84 1·31, 2·60 0·001 2·12 1·52, 2·94 <0·001
 Preschool or none 2·49 1·20, 5·16 0·015 2·57 1·33, 4·96 0·005 3·71 1·61, 8·54 0·002
Marital status
 Single/divorced/widow 1·00 1·00 1·00
 Married/cohabitating 1·32 0·99, 1·77 0·056 1·624 1·21, 2·17 0·001 1·57 1·13, 2·18 0·008
Number of people residing in the household
 1–2 1·00 1·00 1·00
 3–4 0·81 0·60, 1·09 0·154 0·74 0·52, 1·05 0·089 0·98 0·69, 1·39 0·905
 5 or more 1·12 0·77, 1·64 0·554 0·79 0·52, 1·19 0·260 1·17 0·76, 1·79 0·486
Residence area
 Rural 1·00 1·00 1·00
 Urban 0·88 0·68, 1·15 0·339 1·04 0·80, 1·35 0·760 0·94 0·69, 1·29 0·708
Region of the country
 Centre 1·00 1·00 1·00
 Mexico City 1·45 0·94, 2·25 0·096 1·33 0·86, 2·05 0·20 1·05 0·63, 1·76 0·849
 North 1·21 0·84, 1·74 0·306 1·33 0·89, 1·99 0·16 1·04 0·70, 1·56 0·840
 South 1·23 0·90, 1·69 0·190 1·45 0·98, 2·16 0·06 0·89 0·62, 1·27 0·504
Socio-economic level
 Q5 1·00 1·00 1·00
 Q4 1·02 0·68, 1·53 0·932 1·00 0·68, 1·48 0·994 0·97 0·64, 1·46 0·864
 Q3 1·31 0·84, 2·05 0·234 1·70 1·11, 2·60 0·015 1·12 0·71, 1·76 0·634
 Q2 1·05 0·68, 1·63 0·814 1·11 0·71, 1·72 0·653 0·83 0·51, 1·35 0·447
 Q1 1·06 0·68, 1·66 0·787 0·99 0·63, 1·57 0·990 0·85 0·53, 1·34 0·474
Physical activity level
 High 1·00 1·00 1·00
 Moderate 1·00 0·71, 1·41 0·998 0·73 0·52, 1·01 0·057 0·84 0·58, 1·20 0·332
 Low 1·10 0·74, 1·64 0·636 1·10 0·74, 1·63 0·648 0·90 0·58, 1·38 0·614
Sleeping time
 Sufficient 1·00 1·00 1·00
 Insufficient 1·39 0·96, 2·01 0·081 1·86 1·33, 2·59 <0·001 1·98 1·38, 2·85 <0·001

Qi, quintile and quintile number (Q5 represents the highest socio-economic level).