Table 4.
Characteristics | Weight Status BMI ≥25 vs. <25 kg/m2 | |
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Male OR (95% CI) | Female OR (95% CI) | |
Weight related variables | ||
Doctor requested weight loss | ||
Yes | – | 29.0** (10.0, 83.9) |
Attempting weight loss | ||
Yes | 62.07** (8.06, 477.8) | 7.90** (4.53, 13.79) |
Physical activity for weight loss | ||
Yes | 12.01** (4.64, 31.1) | 4.86** (2.86, 8.23) |
Dieted in the past to lose weight | ||
Yes | 15.27** (4.30, 54.3) | 4.48** (2.66, 7.52) |
Attempting to gain weight | ||
Yes | 0.23** (0.10, 0.53) | 0.11** (0.03, 0.37) |
Significant other encourages | ||
Lose | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Gain | – | – |
Stay the same | – | – |
Family encourages | ||
Lose | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Gain | – | – |
Stay the same | – | – |
Family weight characteristics | ||
Mother overweight | 2.55* (1.14, 5.69) | 1.93* (1.17, 3.20) |
Father overweight | 1.40 (0.57, 3.44) | 2.87* (1.54, 5.35) |
Mother's mother overweight | 1.20 (0.45, 3.17) | 2.19**(1.23, 3.92) |
Mother's father overweight | 4.43 (0.81, 24.1) | 1.76 (0.74, 4.18) |
Father's mother overweight | 1.04 (0.32, 3.39) | 2.78** (1.39, 5.56) |
Father's father overweight | 2.50 (0.41, 15.1) | 2.58 (0.93, 7.21) |
Significant Other overweight | 2.84 (0.69, 11.7) | 1.92 (0.87, 4.26) |
Participant weight history | ||
Overweight as a child | ||
Yes | 3.83* (1.17, 12.6) | 2.72** (1.44, 5.15) |
Overweight as a teen | ||
Yes | 18.04** (2.29, 142.4) | 19.09** (7.23, 50.4) |
Perceived impact of weight on social interactions scale (PIWSIS) (median ≤62 vs. >62) | 0.75 (0.36, 1.58) | 0.48**(0.29, 0.79) |
Health status variables | ||
Health status | ||
Excellent | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Very good | 0.75 (0.28, 2.00) | 0.82 (0.36, 1.89) |
Good | 1.57 (0.56, 4.43) | 2.58* (1.14, 5.81) |
Fair | 4.36 (0.42, 45.3) | 6.06** (1.87, 19.6) |
Poor | – | 4.55 (0.72, 28.6) |
Any health problem | ||
Yes | 1.45 (0.62, 3.40) | 1.01 (0.56, 1.81) |
Breathing problems | ||
Yes | 1.62 (0.61, 4.30) | 0.96 (0.51, 1.82) |
Dashes indicate that variables were dropped from the model or nonsensical odds ratios were obtained.
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01