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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2013 Nov;37(6):807–818. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.37.6.10

Table 3.

Logistic Regression Odds Ratios for Total Obesity

Odds of Total Obesity among Men (body mass index ≥ 30kg/m2) Odds of Total Obesity among Women (body mass index ≥ 30kg/m2)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
White (US-born) Reference Reference Reference Reference
White (Foreign-born) 0.87 (0.51 – 1.48) 0.89 (0.52 – 1.51) 0.65 (0.32 – 1.32) 0.70 (0.33 – 1.46)
Black (US-born) 1.22 (0.89 – 1.67) 1.23 (0.88 – 1.72) 2.30*** (1.65 – 3.22) 2.18*** (1.56 – 3.03)
Black (Foreign-born) 0.53 (0.24 – 1.16) 0.51* (0.23 – 1.11) 0.46** (0.23 – 0.89) 0.44** (0.20 – 0.95)
Hispanic (US-born) 1.04 (0.75 – 1.44) 1.08 (0.77 – 1.53) 1.35 (0.90 – 2.03) 1.32 (0.86 – 2.05)
Hispanic (Foreign-born) 0.62** (0.42 – 0.91) 0.75 (0.51 – 1.09) 0.58** (0.34 – 0.99) 0.60* (0.34 – 1.06)
Age (in 5-year unit) 1.38* (0.96 – 1.98) 1.49** (1.02 – 2.18) 2.18*** (1.58 – 3.00) 2.25*** (1.65 – 3.07)
Age (in 5-year unit)- squared 0.98 (0.96 – 1.01) 0.98** (0.95 – 1.00) 0.96*** (0.94 – 0.98) 0.95*** (0.94 – 0.97)
Married/cohabitating 1.14 (0.81 – 1.62) 1.14 (0.81 – 1.61) 0.92 (0.67 – 1.28) 0.88 (0.63 – 1.22)
Poor/fair self-rated health 2.43*** (1.71 – 3.47) 2.11*** (1.46 – 3.04) 1.86*** (1.40 – 2.47) 1.78*** (1.30 – 2.44)
Current smoker 0.58*** (0.41 – 0.82) 0.54*** (0.39 – 0.77) 0.67** (0.50 – 0.91) 0.61*** (0.44 – 0.84)
Equal to or less than high school education 1.00 (0.62 – 1.61) 0.98 (0.61 – 1.58) 1.08 (0.69 – 1.68) 1.19 (0.76 – 1.85)
Some college education or above 0.68** (0.48 – 0.97) 0.69* (0.48 – 1.01) 0.54*** (0.41 – 0.71) 0.63*** (0.48 – 0.83)
Poverty income ratio < 100 0.71* (0.47 – 1.05) 0.66** (0.44 – 0.99) 1.35* (0.97 – 1.86) 1.32* (0.98 – 1.79)
Total caloric intake a 1.00 (0.98 – 1.02) 1.01 (0.99 – 1.02)
Total moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) b 0.98*** (0.97 – 0.99) 0.97*** (0.96 – 0.98)
Accelerometer wear time 0.99 (0.92 – 1.06) 1.06 (0.98 – 1.15)
Sample size 2227 2104

95% confidence intervals in parentheses;

*

significant at .10;

**

significant at .05;

***

significant at .01

Note.

Total caloric intake per day is the average daily total calories divided by 100 calculated based on two one-day dietary recalls.

Total physical activity is measured by average daily moderate or vigorous physical activity (MVPA) minutes accelerometer data based on ≥1-minute episodes.