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. 2024 Mar 18;17:1337–1357. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S449213

Table 4.

Multivariable Models Explaining Each Weight Status Phenotype Compared to Metabolically Healthy Normal Weight (MHNW)

Metabolically Unhealthy Normal Weight (MUNW) Metabolically Healthy Overweight/obesity (MHO) Metabolically Unhealthy Overweight/obesity (MUO)
Variables Preliminary Model Final model Variables Preliminary model Final model Variables Final model
OR (CI95%) P-value OR CI95% P-value OR (CI95%) P-value OR (CI95%) P-value OR (CI95%) P-value
Sex Sex Sex
Female
Male
1.0 (REF)
0.93
(0.79–0.109)
0.423 Female
Male
1.0 (REF)
0.64
(0.50–0.82)
<0.001
0.65
(0.51–0.82)
<0.001 Female
Male
1.0 (REF)
0.79
(0.37–0.52)
0.013
Marital status Marital status Marital status
Single
Divorced

Free union

Married

Widow/Widower
1.0 (REF)
0.86
(0.46–1.59)
1.50
(1.02–2.21)
1.01
(0.78–1.30)
0.84
(0.56–1.25)

0.636

0.039

0.913

0.394

0.84
(0.45–1.56)
1.52
(1.03–2.24)
1.00
(0.78–1.28)
0.83
(0.56–1.24)

0.588

0.032

0.986

0.377
Single
Divorced

Free union

Married

Widow/Widower
1.0 (REF)
0.86
(0.46–1.59)
1.50
(1.02–2.21)
1.01
(0.78–1.30)
0.84
(0.56–1.25)

0.636

0.039

0.913

0.394

0.84
(0.45–1.56)
1.52
(1.03–2.24)
1.00
(0.78–1.28)
0.83
(0.56–1.24)

0.588

0.032

0.986

0.377
Single
Divorced

Free union

Married

Widow/Widower
1.0 (REF)
1.29
(0.84–1.99)
1.54
(1.16–2.06)
1.23
(1.03–1.47)
1.03
(0.76–1.39)

0.236

0.003

0.022

0.821
Residential area Ethnicity Residential area
Urban
Rural
1.0 (REF)
1.58
(1.09–2.29)

0.015
1.0 (REF)
1.58
(1.09–2.29)

0.015
General population
Afrodescendant

Indigenous

Palenquero

Raizal

ROM
1.0 (REF)
1.66
(0.86–3.21)
0.87
(0.12–6.20)
1.11
(0.24–5.08)
0.80
(0.51–1.24)
0.42
(0.10–1.80)

0.129

0.893

0.891

0.327

0.245
Urban
Rural
1.0 (REF)
1.46
(0.98–2.17)

0.060
Age group Smoking Physical activity
18–39
40–59

≥ 60
1.0 (REF)
1.46
(0.89–2.41)
1.56
(0.97–2.52)

0.132

0.066
1.0 (REF)
1.47
(0.89–2.41)
1.56
(0.96–2.51)

0.129

0.068
No
Yes
1.0 (REF)
0.53
(0.37–0.76)
0.001
0.56
(0.4- −0.79)
0.001 No
Yes
1.0 (REF)
1.30
(1.09–1.56)
0.003
Increased WC Alcohol consumption Increased WC
No
Yes
1.0 (REF)
1.65
(1.41–1.93)
<0.001 1.0 (REF)
1.65
1.41–1.93
<0.001 No
Yes
1.0 (REF)
1.27
(0.73–2.22)
0.393 No
Yes
1.0 (REF)
17.7
(14.8–21.1)
<0.001
Increased WC
No
Yes
1.0
6.55
(5.04–8.51)
<0.001 6.55
(5.04–8.50)
<0.001

Abbreviations: OR, Odds ratio; CI, Confidence interval; REF, Reference category; WC, Waist circumference.