Table 2.
Odds ratios pertaining to irregular breakfast eating habits for baseline demographic characteristics via binary logistic regression modeling
| Independent variables | Scarcely | Sometimes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B a | OR (95% CI) | p-value | B a | OR (95% CI) | p-value | |
| Age | ||||||
| ≤25 | 0.668 | 1.950 (1.633-2.329) | 0.000 | 0.260 | 1.297 (1.104-1.523) | 0.002 |
| <25 and < =35 | 0.388 | 1.474 (1.311-1.657) | 0.000 | 0.169 | 1.184 (1.074-1.306) | 0.001 |
| >35 | Reference | Reference | ||||
| Gender | ||||||
| Man | 0.564 | 1.757 (1.618-1.908) | 0.000 | 0.307 | 1.359 (1.269-1.456) | 0.000 |
| Woman | Reference | Reference | ||||
| Married status | ||||||
| Unmarried | 0.495 | 1.640 (1.425-1.888) | 0.000 | 0.284 | 1.329 (1.167-1.513) | 0.000 |
| Married | Reference | Reference | ||||
| Education level | ||||||
| Less than junior high school | 0.431 | 1.538 (1.345-1.758) | 0.000 | 0.461 | 1.585 (1.409-1.784) | 0.000 |
| High school or college | 0.218 | 1.243 (1.138-1.358) | 0.000 | 0.234 | 1.264 (1.175-1.361) | 0.000 |
| Bachelor degree or above | Reference | Reference | ||||
| Occupation | ||||||
| Professional | 0.549 | 1.732 (1.506-1.992) | 0.000 | 0.018 | 1.018 (0.896-1.157) | 0.781 |
| Manager | 0.690 | 1.994 (1.715-2.319) | 0.000 | 0.100 | 1.105 (0.964-1.266) | 0.153 |
| Clerk | 0.836 | 2.308 (1.622-3.283) | 0.000 | 0.010 | 1.010 (0.725-1.407) | 0.953 |
| Soldier | −0.085 | 0.919 (0.165-5.106) | 0.923 | 0.342 | 1.408 (0.375-5.292) | 0.612 |
| Production personnel | 1.242 | 3.462 (2.143-5.594) | 0.000 | 0.567 | 1.763 (1.117-2.784) | 0.015 |
| Operating personnel | 0.737 | 2.090 (1.807-2.417) | 0.000 | 0.355 | 1.426 (1.250-1.628) | 0.000 |
| Business, service personnel | 1.463 | 4.320 (3.247-5.749) | 0.000 | 0.574 | 1.775 (1.338-2.355) | 0.000 |
| Freelancer | 1.050 | 2.858 (2.347-3.480) | 0.000 | 0.391 | 1.479 (1.223-1.789) | 0.000 |
| Inoccupation (housewife, etc.) | 1.335 | 3.799 (1.939-7.445) | 0.000 | 0.321 | 1.378 (0.691-2.749) | 0.363 |
| High school students | Reference | Reference | ||||
| Drinking | ||||||
| Yes | 0.286 | 1.331 (1.220-1.452) | 0.000 | 0.281 | 1.324 (1.235-1.420) | 0.000 |
| No | Reference | Reference | ||||
| Smoking | ||||||
| Yes | 0.498 | 1.646 (1.481-1.828) | 0.000 | 0.155 | 1.167 (1.056-1.290) | 0.002 |
| No | Reference | Reference | ||||
aUnstandardized regression coefficients.
The model is adjusted for demographic variables include age, gender, BMI, married status, education level, occupation, drinking and smoking.