Table 2.

Crude and adjusted odds ratios for the association of short stature and relative short leg length (i.e. a high SHR) with overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity, by sex, among adults aged 18–86 years (n 1682) from the EPIPorto adult cohort study, Porto, Portugal (baseline 1999–2003, follow-up 2005–2008)

	Women						Men
	Crude		Age-adjusted		Multivariate-adjusted*		Crude		Age-adjusted		Multivariate-adjusted*		P for the interaction
	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	with sex
Independent variable: short stature†
Dependent variables
BMI (kg/m2)
<25·0	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
25·0–29·9	2·56	1·82, 3·60	1·85	1·29, 2·65	1·60	1·10, 2·32	0·96	0·64, 1·41	0·80	0·54, 1·20	0·86	0·56, 1·30	0·055
≥30·0	3·07	2·13, 4·43	2·17	1·48, 3·18	1·75	1·17, 2·62	0·86	0·48, 1·56	0·77	0·42, 1·41	0·74	0·40, 1·39	0·002
WHtR
<0·5	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
≥0·5	3·50	2·42, 5·07	2·27	1·51, 3·40	1·89	1·24, 2·87	1·70	1·03, 2·80	1·18	0·69, 2·00	1·15	0·66, 2·02	0·269
Independent variable: high SHR‡
Dependent variables
BMI (kg/m2)
<25·0	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
25·0–29·9	1·10	0·79, 1·54	1·52	1·06, 2·18	1·56	1·08, 2·26	1·63	1·08, 2·46	1·77	1·16, 2·69	1·69	1·10, 2·59	0·119
≥30·0	1·49	1·04, 2·13	2·13	1·45, 3·14	2·10	1·40, 3·16	1·94	1·10, 3·42	2·05	1·16, 3·63	1·92	1·07, 3·43	0·534
WHtR
<0·5	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.	1·00	Ref.
≥0·5	0·92	0·68, 1·25	1·32	0·93, 1·87	1·28	0·90, 1·83	1·44	0·89, 2·33	1·67	1·01, 2·77	1·55	0·92, 2·59	0·576

WHtR, waist-to-height ratio; SHR, sitting height ratio; Ref., reference category.

^*Adjusted for age (continuous), education (4, 5–11, ≥12 years) and smoking (never, current, former).

^†Short stature: <152 cm (women); <164 cm (men).

^‡High SHR: ≥54·05 % (women); ≥53·25 % (men).