TABLE 2.

Multivariate Odds Ratios (ORs) for Smoking, Overweight, and Obesity Among US Residents of Mexican Ancestry, by Ethnic Self-Identification and Sociodemographic Variables: National Health Interview Surveys, 2000–2002

	Smoking (N = 10 044), OR (95% CI)	Adiposity (n = 9346)
		Overweight, OR (95% CI)	Obese, OR (95% CI)
Mexicana ethnic identity	0.70*** (0.60, 0.83)	1.05 (0.93, 1.18)	0.66*** (0.56, 0.77)
Age	0.99 (0.95, 1.04)	1.23*** (1.17, 1.29)	1.29*** (1.22, 1.36)
Male	2.51*** (2.17, 2.90)	1.80*** (1.59, 2.03)	1.25** (1.10, 1.43)
Education	0.97 (0.90, 1.04)	0.96 (0.91, 1.01)	0.94 (0.88, 1.00)
Income ≥ $20 000	0.84* (0.73, 0.97)	1.24*** (1.10, 1.39)	1.16* (1.00, 1.34)
Own home	0.79*** (0.69, 0.90)	1.10 (0.96, 1.26)	1.17* (1.01, 1.36)

Note. CI = confidence interval. Smoking was defined as current smoker (vs nonsmoker); adiposity categories were overweight (body mass index [BMI] = 25–30 kg/m²) and obese (BMI > 30 kg/m² vs normal weight, BMI < 25 kg/m²). BMI estimates were based on participants with complete BMI data (n = 9346). All estimates simultaneously controlled for every sociodemographic variable in the first column.

^aVersus Mexican American.

*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.