Table 4.
Spearman correlation coefficients and simple linear regression analysis between socio-economic characteristics and body fat (BF), visceral fat (VF) and BMI of the foreign students who stayed <6 months (n 200) and those who stayed >6 months (n 200)
| Dependent variable/Independent variable | Period of stay (months) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <6 | >6 | |||||||||||
| BMI | (β, r 2) | BF | (β, r 2) | VF | (β, r 2) | BMI | (β, r 2) | BF | (β, r 2) | VF | (β, r 2) | |
| Age | 0·171* | 0·05**, 0·03 | 0·261** | 0·05**, 0·07 | 0·471** | 0·2**, 0·2 | 0·132 | 0·03, 0·02 | 0·136 | 0·02, 0·008 | 0·371** | 0·08**, 0·09 |
| Father education | 0·007 | 0·03, 0·004 | 0·113 | 0·04*, 0·02 | 0·096 | 0·07*, 0·02 | 0·041 | 0·01, 0·001 | 0·045 | 0·02, 0.006 | 0·010 | 0·02, 0·001 |
| Mother education | −0·134 | −0·05, 0·02 | −0·135 | −0·03, 0·02 | −0·144** | −0·07*, 0·02 | 0·082 | 0·02, 0·004 | 0·044 | 0·02, 0·005 | −0·013 | 0·01, 0·001 |
| Monthly income | −0·023 | −0·006, 0·001 | 0·108 | 0·01, 0·01 | 0·072 | 0·01, 0·003 | 0·140* | 0·02*, 0·02 | 0·206** | 0·02**, 0·04 | 0·163* | 0·03*, 0·03 |
| Marital status | 0·115 | 0·02*, 0·02 | 0·157* | 0·02**, 0·03 | 0·238** | 0·05**, 0·06 | 0·129 | 0·02, 0·02 | 0·096 | 0·01, 0·02 | 0·231** | 0·03**, 0·05 |
*P ≤ 0·05; **P ≤ 0·01. Regression coefficients (β), partial r2 for independent variables of interest.