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. 2014 Jun 11;9(6):e99327. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099327

Table 6. Association of FDI with BMI and interactive associations of FDI and wealth and FDI and urban residence with BMI.

FDI FDI * urban FDI * wealth
Adj. association (95% CI) Adj. association (95% CI) Adj. association (95% CI)
Individual-level predictors
Wealth index
Second quintile 0.282 0.293 0.285
(0.251, 0.313) (0.262, 0.324) (0.254, 0.316)
Third quintile 0.585 0.602 0.591
(0.552, 0.618) (0.569, 0.635) (0.558, 0.624)
Fourth quintile 1.053 1.066 1.056
(1.018, 1.088) (1.031, 1.101) (1.021, 1.091)
Highest quintile 2.001 2.001 1.974
(1.960, 2.042) (1.960, 2.042) (1.933, 2.015)
FDI * Wealth index
Second quintile 0.015
(−0.012, 0.042)
Third quintile −0.033
(−0.062, −0.004)
Fourth quintile −0.126
(−0.155, −0.097)
Highest quintile −0.436
(−0.467, −0.405)
Cluster-level predictors
Urban residence 0.493 0.514 0.50
(0.458, 0.528) (0.481, 0.547) (0.467, 0.533)
Urban residence * FDI −0.252
(−0.277, −0.227)
National-level predictors
GDP per capita 0.140 0.175 0.135
(0.060, 0.220) (0.095, 0.255) (0.055, 0.215)
FDI(%GDP) 0.000 0.129 0.149
(−0.053, 0.053) (0.074, 0.184) (0.092, 0.206)
Random effects
Level 1 (Individual) 13.8 13.8 13.792
(13.753, 13.847) (13.753, 13.847) (13.745, 13.839)
Level 2 (cluster) 0.9 0.882 0.87
(0.875, 0.925) (0.857, 0.907) (0.846, 0.894)
Level 3 (region) 0.302 0.309 0.315
(0.255, 0.349) (0.262, 0.356) (0.266, 0.364)
Level 4 (country) 2.959 2.838 2.902
(1.611, 4.307) (1.542, 4.134) (1.581, 4.223)
Constant 19.359 19.39 19.406
(18.736, 19.982) (18.777, 20.003) (18.787, 20.025)
N 697573 697573 697573

Model also adjusted for age (5-year groups), educational attainment (no/incomplete primary, complete primary/incomplete secondary, complete secondary and higher), marital status, and survey year (categorical).