Table 1. Prevalence of, and univariate and multivariable logistic regression models predicting, any perceived weight discrimination in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

	n	PWD (%)	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	P	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P
Overall	5307	4.6	—	—	—	—
Weight status (n=5307)
Normal-weight	1456	0.8	1.00	—	1.00	—
Overweight	2197	0.9	1.21 (0.58–2.53)	0.618	1.13 (0.53–2.40)	0.759
Obese class I	1152	6.7	9.41 (4.98–17.79)	<0.001	8.86 (4.65–16.88)	<0.001
Obese class II	368	24.2	41.91 (22.11–79.42)	<0.001	35.06 (18.30–67.16)	<0.001
Obese class III	134	35.1	70.97 (35.55–141.66)	<0.001	56.43 (27.72–114.87)	<0.001
Age in years (n=5307)
50–59	1167	8.9	1.00	—	1.00	—
60–69	2191	4.4	0.47 (0.36–0.63)	<0.001	0.50 (0.36–0.70)	<0.001
70–79	1425	2.5	0.27 (0.18–0.39)	<0.001	0.30 (0.19–0.48)	<0.001
⩾80	524	1.3	0.14 (0.06–0.30)	<0.001	0.18 (0.08–0.43)	<0.001
Sex (n=5307)
Male	2349	3.8	1.00	—	1.00	—
Female	2958	5.2	1.38 (1.06–1.80)	0.018	0.99 (0.73–1.35)	0.943
Wealth (n=5014)
1 (lowest)	787	7.9	1.00	—	1.00	—
2	971	6.7	0.84 (0.59–1.20)	0.341	0.91 (0.60–1.40)	0.676
3	993	3.8	0.47 (0.31–0.71)	<0.001	0.51 (0.32–0.83)	0.006
4	1095	3.4	0.41 (0.27–0.62)	<0.001	0.55 (0.33–0.89)	0.015
5 (highest)	1168	2.5	0.30 (0.19–0.47)	<0.001	0.49 (0.29–0.83)	0.008
Education (n=5299)
Low	1225	4.2	1.00	—	1.00	—
Intermediate	1651	5.6	1.35 (0.95–1.91)	0.094	1.51 (1.01–2.27)	0.045
High	2423	4.1	0.96 (0.68–1.35)	0.820	1.29 (0.85–1.95)	0.238
Marital status (n=5306)
Married	3582	4.7	1.00	—	1.00	—
Never married	283	4.6	0.97 (0.55–1.73)	0.924	0.67 (0.35–1.31)	0.244
Divorced	639	5.5	1.17 (0.81–1.70)	0.410	0.81 (0.51–1.26)	0.344
Widowed	802	3.4	0.70 (0.47–1.06)	0.096	0.96 (0.59–1.57)	0.869

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; PWD, perceived weight discrimination.

Adjusted odds ratios are adjusted for weight status, age, sex, wealth, education and marital status.