Table 2. Correlation between socioeconomic factors and obesity (BMI ≥30). Results of binary logistic regressions controlling for the influence of age (odds ratio [OR] with 95% confidence intervals, n = 7005).
| Men (n = 3322) | Women (n = 3683) | |||||||
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||
| OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | |
| School education | ||||||||
| Low | 1.94 | (1.56–2.41) | 1.54 | (1.19–1.98) | 2.51 | (1.97–3.21) | 1.67 | (1.26–2.20) |
| Intermediate | 1.39 | (1.10–1.76) | 1.22 | (0.95–1.56) | 1.66 | (1.29–2.13) | 1.37 | (1.05–1.79) |
| High | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Occupational status | ||||||||
| Low | 2.09 | (1.53–2.87) | 1.55 | (1.09–2.20) | 2.70 | (2.01–3.64) | 1.72 | (1.24–2.40) |
| Simple | 1.77 | (1.29–2.17) | 1.36 | (1.05–1.76) | 2.07 | (1.58–2.72) | 1.37 | (1.02–1.85) |
| Intermediate | 1.30 | (1.04–1.63) | 1.13 | (0.89–1.43) | 1.12 | (0.87–1.43) | 0.92 | (0.71–1.18) |
| High | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Net equivalent income | ||||||||
| <60% | 1.99 | (1.40–2.82) | 1.38 | (0.95–2.01) | 4.70 | (3.05–7.25) | 2.97 | (1.89–4.67) |
| 60 to <100% | 1.56 | (1.17–2.07) | 1.20 | (0.88–1.62) | 3.51 | (2.35–5.24) | 2.57 | (1.70–3.87) |
| 100 to <150% | 1.26 | (0.93–1.70) | 1.08 | (0.80–1.47) | 2.38 | (1.57–3.62) | 1.99 | (1.30–3.04) |
| ≥150% | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
The predictors school education, equivalent income, and occupational status are regarded separately in model 1 and together in model 2