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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 7.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Dis. 2012 Winter;22(1):72–78.

Table 3.

Odds ratio of sociodemographic factors on the likelihood of under-reporting BMI for women

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Blacks .89 (.70–1.14) .89 (.68–1.18) .75b (.57–.98) .77a (.59–1.02) .80a (.62–1.03) .83 (.63–1.09)
Hispanics .89 (.74–1.06) .89 (.75–1.06) .78b (.64–.94) .82a (.66–1.01) .88 (.73–1.06) .92 (.76–1.12)
Others 1.00 (.57–1.77) 1.00 (.58–1.74) 1.20 (.65–2.20) 1.24 (.67–2.29) 1.26 (.68–2.33) 1.28 (.70–2.34)
Currently married 1.01 (.74–1.38)
Overweight 2.04c (1.61–2.59) 1.99c (1.57–2.53) 2.01c (1.59–2.55) 2.02c (1.61–2.54)
Obese 1.36c (1.10–1.67) 1.39c (1.13–1.70) 1.39c (1.13–1.72) 1.40c (1.13–1.73)
Age 40–59 .96 (.78–1.18) .99 (.81–1.21) .95 (.79–1.14)
Age ≥60 1.44c (1.20–1.72) 1.53c (1.31–1.80) 1.51c (1.29–1.78)
High school graduates 1.16 (.81–1.67) 1.12 (.77–1.61)
Some college 1.48b (1.07–2.05) 1.38a (.96–1.99)
College graduates or above 1.24 (.84–1.83) 1.10 (.71–1.70)
PIRd 1.07a (.99–1.15)

N=2,671; 95% confidence intervals in parentheses; reference group Whites; see text for model descriptions.

a

Significant at 10%.

b

Significant at 5%

c

Significant at 1%.

d

Ratio of annual family income over federal poverty line normalized on family size.