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. 2014 Oct 21;2:185. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00185

Table 6.

Correlates of dietary patters among university students: multivariate analysis.

Correlatesa Unadjusted OR ORa 95% CI of the ORa p-Value
Vegetarian/low calories diet versus mixed dietb
Older age 1.04 1.04 0.98–1.11 0.168
Income level 0.012
 Quartile 1 (reference) 1.00
 Quartile 2 0.95 0.93 0.69–1.26 0.630
 Quartile 3 1.01 0.94 0.68–1.31 0.721
 Quartile 4 1.41 1.45 1.06–1.99 0.021
Body mass index 0.035
 Underweight (reference) 1.00
 Normal weight 1.25 1.41 0.96–2.07 0.076
 Overweight 1.30 1.45 0.90–2.32 0.136
 Obese 1.44 2.80 1.40–5.61 0.004
Private versus public university 1.18 1.23 0.96–1.57 0.099
Higher physical activity level 0.651
 No activity (reference) 1.00
 Quartile 1 1.13 1.21 0.88–1.64 0.237
 Quartile 2 1.11 1.19 0.86–1.64 0.304
 Quartile 3 1.12 1.05 0.76–1.47 0.759
 Quartile 4 1.03 1.23 0.86–1.75 0.260
Female versus male gender 1.36 1.62 1.24–2.12 <0.001
Westernized diet versus mixed dietc
Older Age 0.78 0.98 0.93–1.04 0.534
Income level 0.468
 Quartile 1 (reference) 1.0
 Quartile 2 0.95 0.90 0.68–1.17 0.422
 Quartile 3 1.21 1.06 0.80–1.41 0.693
 Quartile 4 1.23 1.12 0.84–1.49 0.458
Body mass index 0.616
 Underweight (reference) 1.00
 Normal weight 1.13 1.08 0.78–1.51 0.643
 Overweight 1.25 0.96 0.63–1.45 0.835
 Obese 1.35 1.36 0.73–2.53 0.335
Private versus public university 1.22 1.15 0.92–1.43 0.214
Higher physical activity level 0.038
 No activity (reference) 1.00
 Quartile 1 Low physical activity 0.73 0.75 0.56–1.00 0.046
 Quartile 2 moderate Physical activity 0.74 0.63 0.47–0.86 0.003
 Quartile 3 high physical activity 0.96 0.82 0.61–1.09 0.171
 Quartile 4 very high physical activity 1.19 0.86 0.63–1.18 0.359
Female versus male gender 0.69 0.64 0.50–0.80 <0.001

aPhysical activity level, body mass index class, and income level are categorical variables; age is a continuous variable.

bN = 1392; Nagelkerke R Square = 0.036; Hosmer-Lemeshow test p = 0.041.

cN = 1708; Nagelkerke R Square = 0.031; Hosmer-Lemeshow test p = 0.363.