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

Table 7. Associations between tariff rates and BMI and interactive associations of tariff rates and wealth and tariff rates and urban residence with BMI.

Average tariff Average tariff * urban Average tariff * wealth
Adj. association (95% CI) Adj. association (95% CI) Adj. association (95% CI)
Individual-level predictors
Wealth index
Second quintile 0.282 0.287 0.282
(0.251, 0.313) (0.256, 0.318) (0.251, 0.313)
Third quintile 0.585 0.595 0.586
(0.552, 0.618) (0.562, 0.628) (0.553, 0.619)
Fourth quintile 1.053 1.061 1.057
(1.018, 1.088) (1.026, 1.096) (1.022, 1.092)
Highest quintile 2.001 2.001 1.997
(1.960, 2.042) (1.960, 2.042) (1.956, 2.038)
FDI * Wealth index
Second quintile −0.004
(−0.008, 0.000)
Third quintile −0.005
(−0.009, −0.001)
Fourth quintile 0.005
(0.001, 0.009)
Highest quintile 0.036
(0.032, 0.040)
Cluster-level predictors
Urban residence 0.493 0.511 0.495
(0.458, 0.528) (0.478, 0.544) (0.462, 0.528)
Urban residence * Tariff rates 0.026
(0.024, 0.028)
National-level predictors
GDP per capita 0.129 0.182 0.125
(0.049, 0.209) (0.102, 0.262) (0.045, 0.205)
Average tariff (%) 0.003 −0.005 −0.004
(−0.001, 0.007) (−0.009, −0.001) (−0.008, 0.000)
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 0.887 0.881
(0.875, 0.925) (0.862, 0.912) (0.856, 0.906)
Level 3 (region) 0.302 0.306 0.307
(0.255, 0.349) (0.259, 0.353) (0.260, 0.354)
Level 4 (country) 3.032 2.828 3.061
(1.652, 4.412) (1.538, 4.118) (1.669, 4.453)
Constant 19.326 19.424 19.325
(18.701, 19.951) (18.816, 20.032) (18.698, 19.952)
N 697573 697573 697573