Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratios (AORs) for trying to lose weight and receiving weight-loss advice in overweight/obese adults with hypertension and/or diabetes, or the AORs for adopting a low fat/low calorie diet and/or engaging in physical activity among those who attempted to lose weight (using people with neither disease as the referent), BRFSS 2003

	HTN/DM	HTN	DM	Neither
Among overweight/obese people (n = 143,386)
Trying to lose weight†	1.18 (1.07–1.29)	1.11 (1.05–1.17)	1.02 (0.90–1.15)	1.00
Receipt of weight-loss advice‡	3.88 (3.52–4.29)	2.28 (2.14–2.44)	3.23 (2.81–3.71)	1.00
Among overweight/obese people who attempted to lose weight (n = 78,446)
Adopting a LF/LC diet/engaging physical activity†	1.46 (1.15–1.84)	1.07 (0.92–1.23)	1.03 (0.77–1.37)	1.00
Adopting a LF/LC diet only†	1.72 (1.35–2.20)	1.21 (1.03–1.40)	1.05 (0.78–1.43)	1.00
Engaging in physical activity only†	0.96 (0.70–1.31)	0.95 (0.79–1.13)	0.80 (0.55–1.16)	1.00

†: Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, body mass index, education, marital status, employment, smoking, and receipt of weight-loss advice

‡: Adjusted for the same variables as listed above except for receipt of weight-loss advice.

BRFSS: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; HTN/DM: having both hypertension (HTN) and diabetes (DM); LF/LC: low fat/low calorie