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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Sep 29;20(11):2283–2289. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.288

Table 4.

Association between socioeconomic status indicators and overweight and obesity, ENDES Peru 2008.

Overweight*
25 Kg/m2 ≤ BMI <30 Kg/m2 		Obese*
BMI ≥ 30 Kg/m2
N=18,616
Univariable		 N=18,613
Multivariablea 		N=14,209
Univariable		 N=14,207
Multivariablea
OR 95%CI OR 95%CI OR 95%CI OR 95%CI
Possession assets
1st bottom 1 1 1 1
2nd 1.2 (1.1; 1.4) 1.4 (1.2; 1.6) 1.6 (1.3; 1.9) 1.8 (1.4; 2.2)
3rd 1.1 (1.0; 1.3) 1.3 (1.1; 1.4) 1.5 (1.2; 1.9) 1.9 (1.5; 2.4)
4th top 1.2 (1.0; 1.4) 1.3 (1.1; 1.5) 1.6 (1.3; 1.9) 2.0 (1.5; 2.6)
Education
1st bottom 1 1 1 1
2nd 0.8 (0.7; 0.9) 0.9 (0.8; 1.0) 0.5 (0.4; 0.6) 0.7 (0.6; 0.8)
3rd 0.6 (0.5; 0.8) 0.8 (0.6; 1.0) 0.3 (0.2; 0.4) 0.5 (0.4; 0.6)
4th top 0.7 (0.6; 0.8) 0.6 (0.5; 0.7) 0.5 (0.4; 0.6) 0.4 (0.3; 0.5)
a

Adjusted for age, place of residence (rural/urban), language spoken at home (Spanish/Non-Spanish), and education or possession assets where appropriate.

b

Population in obese analyses was N=14,207 in the crude model.

c

Population in overweight analyses was N=18,613 in crude model.

*

Baseline group defined as BMI between 18.5 to 24.9 Kg/m2.