Table 3.
Predictors of food insecurity from simple, age-adjusted bivariable, and fully adjusted logistic regression analysis
| Characteristic |
Model 1 OR (95% CI) p-value |
Model 2 OR (95% CI) p-value |
Model 3 OR (95% CI) p-value |
Model 4 OR (95% CI) p-value |
Model 5 OR (95% CI) p-value |
Model 6 OR (95% CI) p-value |
Model 7 OR (95% CI) p-value |
Model 8 OR (95% CI) p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age* |
0.98 (0.97, 0.99) 0.002 |
— | — | — |
0.98 (0.96, 0.99) 0.002 |
0.98 (0.97, 1.00) 0.021 |
0.98 (0.96, 0.99) 0.008 |
0.98 (0.97, 1.00) 0.063 |
|
Sex** (Male) |
— |
1.31 (0.86, 1.98) 0.213 |
— | — |
1.30 (0.85, 1.99) 0.216 |
— | — |
1.21 (0.75, 1.93) 0.435 |
|
Language** (English) |
— | — |
1.61 (1.05, 2.46) 0.029 |
— | — |
1.36 (0.87, 2.12) 0.182 |
— |
1.41 (0.86, 2.29) 0.171 |
| Weight*** | ||||||||
| Underweight | — | — | — |
3.31 (0.33, 33.13) 0.309 |
— | — |
3.08 (0.31, 31.00) 0.341 |
3.26 (0.32, 33.36) 0.319 |
| Normal | — | — | — | REF | — | — | REF | REF |
| Overweight | — | — | — |
0.52 (0.29, 0.92) 0.025 |
— | — |
0.58 (0.32, 1.06) 0.076 |
0.58 (0.32, 1.06) 0.079 |
| Obese | — | — | — |
0.53 (0.30, 0.94) 0.030 |
— | — |
0.53 (0.30, 0.96) 0.035 |
0.60 (0.33, 1.09) 0.092 |
(A) Models 1–4 simple (unadjusted), Models 5–7 age-adjusted bivariable, Model 8 fully adjusted
(B) OR Odds ratio. REF Referent group
(C) * = continuous, ** = dichotomous, *** = categorical
(D) For Model 1, the 10-year age-associated OR = 0.80 (95% CI: 0.69, 0.92)
(E) Chi-square tests: Model 5, p = 0.004; Model 6, p = 0.007; Model 7, p = 0.003; Model 8, p = 0.010