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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2015 Apr 10;34:19–29. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.03.010

Table 5.

Odds ratios of multilevel logistic models for obesity by NCHS urban-rural classification

Large central metro (N=37,354) Large fringe metro (N=50,806) Medium metro (N=53,722) Small metro (N=35,562) Micropolitan (N=40,551) Noncore (N=15,617)
Individual variables
Non-Hispanic Black 1.866*** 1.513*** 1.689*** 1.552*** 1.606*** 1.684***
Hispanic 1.121** 1.048 1.073* 1.080 1.010 0.973
Other race/ethnicity 0.824*** 0.786*** 0.941 1.027 1.138** 1.164*
Age (18+) 1.128*** 1.122*** 1.123** 1.126*** 1.118*** 1.108***
Age squared 0.999*** 0.999*** 0.999*** 0.999*** 0.999*** 0.999***
Male 1.004 1.148*** 1.056*** 1.073*** 1.047* 1.028
Married 0.893*** 0.919*** 0.964 0.950* 0.982 0.997
Education (1–4) 0.800*** 0.825*** 0.832*** 0.845*** 0.860*** 0.894***
Employed 0.779*** 0.790*** 0.778*** 0.750*** 0.782*** 0.828***
Income (1–5) 0.959*** 0.928*** 0.916*** 0.900*** 0.899*** 0.914***
Smoker 0.660*** 0.623*** 0.604*** 0.607*** 0.546*** 0.587***
County variables
Race Heterogeneity 0.911 0.931 0.864 0.974 0.981 0.839
Poverty 1.019*** 1.018*** 1.007* 0.994 1.000 1.009*
Street connectivity 0.999*** 0.998*** 0.998 0.998 1.002 1.003
Walk Score 0.998*** 0.999 0.999 1.000 1.001 1.001
Fast food ratio 1.006 0.999 1.152*** 1.145** 1.198*** 1.032
AIC 61864.7 78092.6 88965.2 51172.4 63099.2 37431.2
***

p≤ 0.001,

**

p≤ 0.01,

*

p≤ 0.05