Table 3.
Association between educational attainment and sustained high BMI in American middle-aged and older adults by race
| Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main effects | Interactions | |||||||
| Odds ratio | 95% CI | p | Odds ratio | 95% CI | p | |||
| Non-Hispanic Black (Ref. non-Hispanic White) | 1.63 | 1.47 | 1.81 | 0.000 | 1.52 | 1.28 | 1.79 | 0.000 |
| Age | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.000 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.000 |
| Male (Ref. female) | 0.98 | 0.90 | 1.07 | 0.696 | 0.99 | 0.91 | 1.08 | 0.819 |
| No education (Ref.) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Some high school | 1.17 | 0.97 | 1.42 | 0.096 | 1.14 | 0.92 | 1.40 | 0.229 |
| Graduated high school | 0.92 | 0.82 | 1.02 | 0.111 | 0.89 | 0.79 | 1.02 | 0.083 |
| Some college | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.91 | 0.001 | 0.79 | 0.69 | 0.92 | 0.002 |
| Graduated college | 0.65 | 0.57 | 0.74 | 0.000 | 0.60 | 0.51 | 0.7 | 0.000 |
| Interaction race and education | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| NH Black with some high school | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.10 | 0.68 | 1.78 | 0.712 |
| NH Black graduated high school | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.06 | 0.82 | 1.35 | 0.674 |
| NH Black with some college | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.99 | 0.73 | 1.33 | 0.919 |
| NH Black graduated college | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.66 | 1.13 | 2.34 | 0.004 |