Table 2.
Association Between Adult Obesity and Childhood and Adult SES and Personality
| Men (n = 1537) | Women (n =1455) | |||||
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| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |
| Age | 1.01 [1.00,1.01] | 1.01** [1.01,1.02] | 1.01** [1.01,1.02] | 1.01** [1.00,1.02] | 1.01** [1.00,1.02] | 1.01** [1.00,1.02] |
| Black | 1.36 [0.91,2.04] | 1.32 [0.89,1.95] | 1.27 [0.87,1.86] | 1.95*** [1.50,2.53] | 1.88*** [1.43,2.48] | 1.82*** [1.38,2.42] |
| Other Race | 1.11 [0.72,1.72] | 1.19 [0.77,1.83] | 1.17 [0.76,1.79] | 0.86 [0.50,1.50] | 0.88 [0.51,1.52] | 0.86 [0.50,1.47] |
| Parental SEI | 0.86* [0.77,0.97] | 0.94 [0.83,1.07] | 0.94 [0.83,1.06] | 0.86** [0.78,0.96] | 0.91 [0.81,1.02] | 0.92 [0.82,1.03] |
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| Adult SEI | 1.04 [0.92,1.19] | 1.03 [0.90,1.17] | 0.96 [0.85,1.10] | 0.97 [0.86,1.10] | ||
| Unemployed | 0.85 [0.57,1.26] | 0.81 [0.56,1.19] | 1.09 [0.85,1.39] | 1.05 [0.82,1.34] | ||
| Retired | 0.45*** [0.28,0.72] | 0.46** [0.29,0.74] | 0.74 [0.51,1.07] | 0.71 [0.50,1.02] | ||
| High School Education | 1.14 [0.80,1.62] | 1.15 [0.81,1.63] | 0.95 [0.68,1.32] | 1.06 [0.75,1.49] | ||
| Some College Education | 0.97 [0.67,1.41] | 0.97 [0.66,1.41] | 0.88 [0.62,1.25] | 0.99 [0.70,1.42] | ||
| College or Greater Education | 0.63* [0.41,0.96] | 0.63* [0.41,0.96] | 0.78 [0.50,1.24] | 0.95 [0.59,1.52] | ||
| Married | 1.48** [1.14,1.93] | 1.51** [1.16,1.98] | 0.94 [0.76,1.17] | 0.95 [0.76,1.17] | ||
| 10Ks of Household Income | 1.00 [0.98,1.02] | 1.00 [0.98,1.02] | 0.99 [0.96,1.01] | 0.99 [0.97,1.01] | ||
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| Neuroticism | 0.88* [0.79,0.98] | 0.98 [0.89,1.09] | ||||
| Extraversion | 0.89 [0.78,1.02] | 0.95 [0.84,1.08] | ||||
| Openness | 1.09 [0.95,1.25] | 0.93 [0.83,1.04] | ||||
| Agreeableness | 1.20** [1.06,1.37] | 1.14 [0.98,1.32] | ||||
| Conscientiousness | 0.81*** [0.73,0.90] | 0.80*** [0.72,0.89] | ||||
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| Pseudo R2 | .0307 | .0516 | .0638 | .0583 | .0630 | .0737 |
Notes: Prevalence Ratios (95% Confidence Intervals).
*
p < 0.05
**
p < 0.01
***
p < 0.001.
Personality and SEI scores standardized (Mean = 0 SD = 1). Model 1 = demographic factors and childhood SES only; Model 2 = Model 1 + adult SES; Model 3 = Model 2 + adult personality.