Table 4.
Results for multinomial logistic regression comparing the association of eating habits and mental disorders between unhealthy BMI categories in Western countries
| Underweight n = 14 |
Overweight n = 155 |
Obese n = 71 |
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| OR | 95% CI | p | OR | 95% CI | p | OR | 95% CI | p | |
| Eating Habits | |||||||||
| Healthy food & drinks | 0.07 | 0.01-0.53 | 0.010 | 1.11 | 0.59-2.09 | 0.743 | 0.85 | 0.36-2.00 | 0.717 |
| Diet products | 0.21 | 0.03-1.40 | 0.107 | 1.74 | 0.92-3.30 | 0.088 | 2.54 | 1.02-6.33 | 0.045 |
| Traditional products | 3.19 | 0.34-29.64 | 0.308 | 0.48 | 0.21-1.07 | 0.072 | 0.29 | 0.10-0.90 | 0.032 |
| Fast food | 2.38 | 0.66-8.51 | 0.184 | 1.42 | 0.85-2.37 | 0.175 | 1.80 | 0.89-3.65 | 0.105 |
| Regular meals | 1.27 | 0.45-3.54 | 0.654 | 0.89 | 0.60-1.31 | 0.559 | 1.16 | 0.66-2.03 | 0.608 |
| Unhealthy snacking | 1.04 | 0.39-2.77 | 0.939 | 1.17 | 0.83-1.64 | 0.362 | 1.34 | 0.85-2.10 | 0.209 |
| Eating away from home | 1.32 | 0.55-3.14 | 0.537 | 1.07 | 0.80-1.42 | 0.648 | 0.95 | 0.63-1.43 | 0.817 |
| Emotional eating | 0.82 | 0.41-1.66 | 0.590 | 1.18 | 0.91-1.55 | 0.217 | 1.85 | 1.31-2.60 | <0.001 |
| Eating socially | 1.36 | 0.70-2.67 | 0.367 | 0.99 | 0.77-1.28 | 0.950 | 0.93 | 0.65-1.32 | 0.667 |
| Disorder | |||||||||
| Schizophrenia | Reference | ||||||||
| Substance | 0.30 | 0.02-5.49 | 0.417 | 0.58 | 0.27-1.23 | 0.153 | 0.70 | 0.21-2.37 | 0.569 |
| Mood | 1.07 | 0.07-15.57 | 0.960 | 0.83 | 0.38-1.79 | 0.628 | 1.45 | 0.44-4.75 | 0.542 |
| Anxiety | 5.46 | 0.38-79.1 | 0.214 | 0.96 | 0.36-2.54 | 0.927 | 3.54 | 0.98-2.76 | 0.054 |
Reference dependant category is healthy BMI. Adjusted OR's are reported controlling for demographic variables (age, gender, education and marital status) and Western locality (Germany, UK and Australia).