table 2.
Age and sex-adjusted odds ratios for attempted weight loss, attempts at not gaining weight and successful weight loss.
| Attempted weight loss OR ( 95% CI) |
Tried to maintain weight OR ( 95% CI) |
Successful weight loss OR ( 95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age categories | |||
| Less than 50 | 1.49 (0.85-2.62) | 1.29 (0.71-2.34) | 0.81 (0.35-1.86) |
| 50-65 | 1.95 (1.34-2.82) | 1.48 (1.00-2.19) | 1.57 (0.93-2.66) |
| More than 65 (reference) | - | - | - |
| Gender | |||
| Male (reference) | - | - | - |
| Female | 1.20 (0.86-1.68) | 0.77(0.60-0.98) | 1.23 (0.75-2.03) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Caucasian (reference) | - | - | - |
| Hispanic American | 0.99 ( 0.50-1.94) | 0.66 (0.36-1.18) | 3.29 (1.91-5.66) |
| African American | 1.18 (0.76-1.83) | 0.85 (0.57-1.28) | 1.85 (0.87- 3.93) |
| Others | 2.24 (0.58-8.66) | 1.10 (0.42-2.86) | 2.61 (0.99-6.85) |
| Poverty income ratio | |||
| Less than 1 (reference) | - | - | - |
| 1-2 | 1.11 (0.68-1.79) | 1.06 (0.66-1.69) | 0.77 (0.34-1.73) |
| 2-3 | 1.41 (0.87-2.28) | 2.08 (1.33-3.25) | 0.42 (0.19-0.96) |
| 3-4 | 1.05 (0.53-2.06) | 1.97 (1.02-3.79) | 0.11 (0.03-0.39) |
| More than 4 | 1.55 ( 0.90-2.69) | 2.42 (1.47-3.99) | 0.69 (0.29-1.61) |
| Medically Insured | |||
| No (reference) | - | - | - |
| Yes | 1.76 (0.91-3.42) | 2.10 (1.08-4.06) | 0.80 ( 0.31-2.11) |
| Education | |||
| Less than high school(reference) | - | - | - |
| More than high school | 1.42 (1.00-2.03) | 1.82 (1.28-2.59) | 1.09 (0.58-2.04) |
| Smoking status | |||
| Never smoker(reference) | - | - | - |
| Former smoker | 1.70 (1.08-2.67) | 1.15 (0.77-1.95) | 0.59 (0.36-0.97) |
| Current smoker | 0.96 (0.55-1.68) | 0.88 (0.51-1.51) | 0.92 (0.44-1.91) |
| BMI | |||
| Less than 30 (reference) | - | - | - |
| 30-40 | 1.66 (1.07-2.56) | 1.40 (0.90-2.17) | 4.30 (1.98-9.32) |
| More than 40 | 5.50 (1.78-17.00) | 1.72 (0.88-3.36) | 19.19 (6.38 - 57.67) |
| Successful weight loss in past | |||
| No (reference) | - | - | - |
| yes | 1.03 (0.73-1.46) | 1.15 (0.81-1.63) | 2.79 (1.66-4.70) |
| Time since maximum weight ( years) | 0.98 (0.97-0.99) | 0.99 (0.98-1.0) | 1.01 (0.99-1.02) |
| Physician diagnosis of overweight | |||
| No (reference) | - | - | - |
| yes | 3.18 (2.32-4.37) | 2.31 (1.55-3.45) | 2.23 (1.30-3.81) |
| Diabetes | |||
| No (reference) | - | - | - |
| Yes | 1.53(1.00-2.34) | 1.18(0.81-1.72) | 1.90 (1.14-3.17) |
| Hypertension | |||
| No (reference) | - | - | - |
| Yes | 1.43 (0.88-2.33) | 0.94 (0.59-1.47) | 2.80 (1.16-6.75) |
| Dyslipidemia | |||
| No(reference) | - | - | - |
| Yes | 1.06 (0.67-1.67) | 0.83 (0.52-1.33) | 0.63 (0.34-1.14) |
| Awareness of overweight | |||
| No (reference) | - | - | - |
| Yes | 4.57 (2.71-7.70) | 2.98 (1.97-4.51) | 0.82 (0.42-1.59) |
| Desirous of weighing less | |||
| No (reference) | - | - | - |
| Yes | 5.47 (3.14-9.54) | 4.71 (2.97-7.46) | 0.71 (0.35-1.41) |