TABLE 2.
Adjusted associations (95% CIs) between urban residence, educational attainment, and BMI within 5 wealth groups1
| Time 1(n = 232,150) | Time 2(n = 465,423) | |
| Poorest wealth group | ||
| Urban residence | 0.14 (−0.01, 0.29) | 0.12 (0.02, 0.23) |
| Educational attainment | ||
| Completed primary | 0.19 (0.09, 0.3) | 0.23 (0.16, 0.08) |
| Secondary or higher | 0.51 (0.16, 0.86) | 0.08 (−0.09, 0.37) |
| Second wealth group | ||
| Urban residence | 0.16 (0.04, 0.28) | 0.1 (0.02, 0.17) |
| Educational attainment | ||
| Completed primary | 0.17 (0.08, 0.26) | 0.19 (0.12, −0.1) |
| Secondary or higher | 0.16 (−0.07, 0.4) | −0.1 (−0.22, 0.36) |
| Third wealth group | ||
| Urban residence | 0.3 (0.2, 0.39) | 0.23 (0.17, 0.3) |
| Educational attainment | ||
| Completed primary | 0.17 (0.08, 0.26) | 0.32 (0.26, −0.15) |
| Secondary or higher | 0.09 (−0.08, 0.25) | −0.15 (−0.25, 0.53) |
| Fourth wealth group | ||
| Urban residence | 0.34 (0.27, 0.42) | 0.35 (0.29, 0.4) |
| Educational attainment | ||
| Completed primary | 0.3 (0.22, 0.39) | 0.31 (0.24, 0.01) |
| Secondary or higher | 0.06 (−0.07, 0.19) | 0.01 (−0.08, 0.7) |
| Highest wealth group | ||
| Urban residence | 0.86 (0.77, 0.94) | 0.74 (0.67, 0.81) |
| Educational attainment | ||
| Completed primary | 0.72 (0.63, 0.82) | 0.48 (0.4, 0.44) |
| Secondary or higher | 1 (0.89, 1.11) | 0.44 (0.36, 1.02) |
1
Associations were calculated by using multilevel linear models and were additionally adjusted for age (10-y groups; fixed effect), marital status (fixed effect), country (random effect), region within country (random effect), and primary sampling unit (random effect).