Table 4.

Weight related and health status variables among college seniors by weight-related factors and sex

Characteristics	Weight Status BMI ≥25 vs. <25 kg/m2
	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