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. 2013 Sep 8;13:815. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-815

Table 4.

Relationships of reporting refusal, measurement refusal, BMIsr under-reporting or over-reporting with various factors: odds ratio and 95% confidence interval (CI)

 
Reporting refusal
Measurement refusal
BMIsr under-reporting (resulting in a change in BMI category)
BMIsr over-reporting (resulting in a change in BMI category)
  ORga 95% CI ORfm 95% CI ORga 95% CI ORfm 95% CI ORga 95% CI ORfm 95% CI ORga 95% CI ORfm 95% CI
N
1,559
 
1,559
 
1,326
 
1,244
 
Boys
0.75 0.44-1.28

0.79 0.54-1.14

1.47* 1.05-2.06

2.24† 1.36-3.70
4.22‡ 2.41-7.42
Age (yr)
1.03 0.84-1.28

1.31‡ 1.13-1.52
1.29‡ 1.10-1.50
1.00 0.87-1.14

0.77† 0.64-0.94
0.74† 0.60-0.91
Family structure
  Intact
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
  Parents divorced/separated and reconstructed family
1.22 0.64-2.34

1.59* 1.02-2.49

0.94 0.63-1.40

0.83 0.45-1.51

  Single parent and other situations
2.45† 1.25-4.82

3.68‡ 2.31-5.85
2.42‡ 1.52-3.85
1.24 0.73-2.10

1.89 0.98-3.63
2.47† 1.24-4.90
Father’s occupation
  Manager, professional, and intermediate professional
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
  Craftsman, tradesman, and firm head
1.56 0.74-3.29

1.12 0.63-1.97

0.62 0.38-1.00
0.55* 0.33-0.91
1.66 0.91-3.03

  Service worker and clerk
1.33 0.48-3.69

0.70 0.29-1.70

0.81 0.45-1.48

1.55 0.72-3.34

  Manual worker and other occupations
1.43 0.70-2.93

1.68* 1.04-2.71

0.78 0.51-1.19
0.53† 0.34-0.83
0.77 0.38-1.57

  Not working
2.25 0.90-5.63

3.60‡ 2.03-6.39

0.54 0.24-1.21
0.24† 0.10-0.60
1.60 0.63-4.09

Insufficient family income
1.26 0.66-2.42

1.63* 1.06-2.50

1.15 0.75-1.78

1.25 0.68-2.29

Low school performance (<10/20)
2.91† 1.45-5.86

2.87‡ 1.75-4.70
2.11† 1.24-3.59
1.02 0.52-1.97

1.42 0.58-3.44

Last-30 day substance use
  Tobacco
1.10 0.48-2.51

2.07† 1.29-3.33

0.97 0.55-1.69

0.70 0.27-1.78

  Alcohol
0.93 0.52-1.66

1.32 0.90-1.94

1.08 0.75-1.55

1.78* 1.08-2.95

  Cannabis
1.32 0.46-3.82

2.19† 1.19-4.02

0.81 0.36-1.83

1.13 0.39-3.28

  Hard drugs
0.63 0.09-4.71

2.05 0.88-4.79

0.94 0.32-2.72

0.50 0.07-3.79

Lack of regular physical/sports activity
2.14* 1.11-4.14

2.61‡ 1.66-4.11
1.97† 1.21-3.22
0.97 0.56-1.68

1.12 0.54-2.32

Having sustained violence
1.95* 1.10-3.46
2.68† 1.36-5.29
1.15 0.79-1.68

1.15 0.82-1.62

1.00 0.62-1.60

Victim of sexual abuse
1.45 0.43-4.82

1.64 0.75-3.61

1.71 0.78-3.76

1.48 0.44-5.01

Involvement in violence
1.04 0.59-1.83
0.52* 0.27-0.98
1.79† 1.17-2.73

1.52* 1.05-2.20
1.51* 1.02-2.23
1.24 0.74-2.06

WHOQOL ≤25th percentile value
  Physical health
1.68 0.95-3.00

1.67† 1.12-2.50

1.14 0.76-1.71

1.16 0.64-2.11

  Psychological health
2.18† 1.26-3.78

2.07‡ 1.41-3.04
1.60* 1.06-2.40
1.62† 1.12-2.34

1.65 0.97-2.81

  Social relationships
1.97* 1.14-3.40

1.32 0.89-1.96

1.08 0.74-1.57

0.68 0.37-1.24

  Living environment
1.41 0.79-2.50

2.17‡ 1.48-3.18

1.37 0.94-1.99

0.97 0.54-1.71

Measured body mass index (BMIm)
  Underweight
(1)

(2)
(2)
(1)

5.35† 1.80-15.9
9.96‡ 3.15-31.5
  Normal weight (reference)
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
  Overweight
0.85 0.39-1.86

(2)
(2)
10.7‡ 6.65-17.3
23.6‡ 12.1-45.8
0.82 0.46-1.46
0.38† 0.20-0.73
  Obese
0.68 0.20-2.30

(2)
(2)
11.0‡ 6.39-19.0
25.4‡ 12.3-52.4
(1)

  Measurement refusal
7.62‡ 4.03-14.4
8.82‡ 4.74-16.4
(2)
(2)
(2)

(2)

Weight perception
  Much too thin
8.63‡ 2.30-32.4
4.50* 1.13-5.29
1.28 0.28-5.77

2.97 0.93-9.42
9.88‡ 2.49-39.1
1.99 0.25-16.2

  A bit too thin
2.97† 1.29-6.86

1.12 0.58-2.14

1.00 0.55-1.84
7.13‡ 3.12-16.3
1.60 0.73-3.51

  Right (reference)
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
  A bit too fat
1.94 0.96-3.90

1.21 0.78-1.89

2.00‡ 1.37-2.92

3.17‡ 1.84-5.45
7.15‡ 3.97-12.9
  Much too fat 4.03† 1.51-10.8 2.41* 1.28-4.90 1.53 0.66-3.55 3.37* 1.21-9.40 19.6‡ 5.98-64.5

*p < 0.05, †p < 0.01, ‡p < 0.001.

BMI: Body mass index; BMIsr: self-reported BMI.

ORga: gender-age-adjusted odds ratio; ORfm: odds ratios adjusted for all factors (full model).

(1) Non computable. (2) Non concerned.