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

Table 6.

Relationships of underweight, overweight, and obesity (vs. normal weight) assessed using self-reported and measured body mass index (BMIsr, BMIm) with various factors: odds ratio and 95% confidence interval

 
Overweight
Obese
 
BMIm
 
BMIsr
 
BMIm
 
BMIsr
 
  ORga 95% CI ORfm 95% CI ORga 95% CI ORfm 95% CI ORga 95% CI ORfm 95% CI ORga 95% CI ORfm 95% CI
Boys
1.17 0.92-1.48

1.27* 1.00-1.61
1.30* 1.03-1.65
1.59† 1.13-2.23
1.73† 1.21-2.47
1.73† 1.23-2.44
1.98† 1.37-2.86
Age (yr)
1.09 0.99-1.20

1.09 0.99-1.20

0.97 0.85-1.10

0.92 0.80-1.05

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
1.24 0.94-1.64

1.17 0.89-1.55

1.03 0.69-1.53

1.17 0.78-1.76

  Single parent and other situations
2.29‡ 1.57-3.37
1.89‡ 1.28-2.78
2.01‡ 1.40-2.89
1.70† 1.18-2.46
1.96† 1.17-3.31

2.37‡ 1.46-3.86
1.85* 1.11-3.09
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
1.26 0.91-1.74

1.23 0.89-1.70

0.80 0.46-1.38

1.72* 1.01-2.93

  Service worker and clerk
0.96 0.61-1.51

0.93 0.59-1.45

1.38 0.76-2.52

1.65 0.84-3.21

  Manual worker and other occupations
1.50† 1.10-2.06
1.36* 1.02-1.81
1.36* 1.00-1.84

2.67‡ 1.77-4.04
2.60‡ 1.79-3.77
3.67‡ 2.33-5.79
2.29‡ 1.56-3.38
  Not working
2.47‡ 1.51-4.02
1.84* 1.13-3.00
2.13‡ 1.34-3.39
1.61* 1.02-2.55
2.89† 1.48-5.64
2.25* 1.18-4.33
5.06‡ 2.68-9.54
2.42† 1.31-4.50
Insufficient family income
1.38* 1.01-1.89

1.29 0.95-1.75

1.63* 1.07-2.47

1.90† 1.27-2.85

Low school performance (<10/20)
1.49 0.94-2.36

1.76† 1.14-2.73

2.51‡ 1.45-4.37

2.96‡ 1.72-5.09
2.22† 1.24-3.97
Last-30 day substance use
  Tobacco
1.46 0.99-2.15

1.67† 1.17-2.40
1.67† 1.16-2.38
1.49 0.87-2.55

1.37 0.79-2.37

  Alcohol
1.03 0.80-1.34

0.93 0.72-1.20

0.88 0.60-1.27

0.97 0.67-1.41

  Cannabis
1.21 0.72-2.04

1.65* 1.03-2.64

0.59 0.23-1.54

0.37 0.11-1.22
0.23* 0.07-0.80
  Hard drugs
1.58 0.77-3.22

1.76 0.92-3.40

1.10 0.37-3.32

0.81 0.24-2.76

Lack of regular physical/sports activity
0.99 0.67-1.45

0.98 0.67-1.42

0.94 0.54-1.62

1.13 0.67-1.88

Having sustained violence
1.10 0.87-1.40

1.03 0.81-1.31

1.76† 1.24-2.49
1.58† 1.11-2.27
1.68† 1.18-2.40
1.55* 1.08-2.24
Victim of sexual abuse
1.58 0.83-3.00

1.85* 1.01-3.38

2.22* 1.00-4.93

2.07 0.91-4.70

Involvement in violence
1.16 0.90-1.49

1.18 0.92-1.53

1.87‡ 1.28-2.73

1.60* 1.10-2.33

WHOQOL ≤25th percentile value
  Physical health
1.54† 1.16-2.05
1.45† 1.09-1.93
1.25 0.95-1.66

1.85† 1.25-2.72

1.76† 1.19-2.60

  Psychological health
1.52† 1.15-2.00

1.37* 1.04-1.79

2.51‡ 1.75-3.61
2.24‡ 1.55-3.26
2.24‡ 1.55-3.23
1.82† 1.24-2.69
  Social relationships
1.28 0.98-1.68

1.18 0.91-1.55

1.73† 1.21-2.48

1.55* 1.07-2.24

  Living environment 1.50† 1.14-1.98 1.18 0.89-1.54 2.15‡ 1.50-3.10 1.85‡ 1.29-2.66

*p < 0.05, †p < 0.01, ‡p < 0.001.

ORga: gender-age-adjusted odds ratio; ORfm: odds ratios adjusted for all factors (full model, retaining only significant factors (p < 0.05)).

Number of subjects : 1503 for BMIsr and 1436 for BMIm.

ORga for BMIm and BMIsr: in bold type values significant for one and non-significant for another; in italics both values were significant but they differed substantially.

Note: No significant factors were found for underweight defined by BMIsr and BMIm. They are not presented.