Table 4.
Predictive model for overweight and obesity (N = 26,777) [all analyses are mutually adjusted for all the listed factors]
| Overweight OR (95% CI) | Obesity OR (95% CI) | |
| Female Sex | 1.45 (1.35–1.55) | 1.30 (1.15–1.47) |
| Age | 1.05 (0.95–1.17) | 0.86 (0.72–1.04) |
| Other than German nationality | 1.52 (1.39–1.84) | 1.60 (1.26–2.03) |
| Study region (East/West) | 0.96 (0.87–1.06) | 1.02 (0.86–1.22) |
| Study location (urban/rural) | 0.97 (0.90–1.06) | 1.08 (0.92–1.26) |
| Study year | 1.06 (1.05–1.08) | 1.10 (1.07–1.12) |
| Educational level* | 0.87 (0.82–0.92) | 0.80 (0.73–0.89) |
| Living space > 75 m2 | 0.86 (0.80–0.93) | 0.80 (0.69–0.92) |
| Number of persons | 0.91 (0.86–0.96) | 0.91 (0.83–1.00) |
| Single child | 1.16 (1.04–1.29) | 1.13 (0.93–1.37) |
| Attendance of day nursery | 0.97 (0.90–1.05) | 0.87 (0.76–1.01) |
| Smoking in the living place | 1.32 (1.21–1.43) | 1.46 (1.26–1.70) |
| Passive smoking during the first three years of life | 1.02 (0.94–1.11) | 1.13 (0.98–1.32) |
| Smoking during pregnancy | 1.11 (1.00–1.23) | 1.13 (0.95–1.36) |
| Breastfeeding for more than three months | 0.88 (0.81–0.95) | 0.82 (0.71–0.95) |
| Preterm delivery | 1.53 (1.30–1.80) | 1.16 (0.84–1.62) |
| Birth weight** | 1.43 (1.38–1.49) | 1.49 (1.39–1.59) |
| Association of predicted probabilities and observed responses (p-value***) |
0.15 | 0.53 |
*OR for a unit increase in educational level
**OR for a unit increase in birth weight level
*** corresponding to Hosmer and Lemeshow Goodness-of-Fit Test