Table 2.

Neighborhood Environment and BMI.

	Normal BMI vs. obese			Normal BMI vs. overweight
Variables	OR	95% CI	p value	OR	95% CI	p value
Demographic
Age	0.36	[0.16, 0.83]	.02	1.14	[0.53, 2.50]	.74
Race
White	1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference
Black	1.94	[0.86, 4.42]	.11	1.39	[0.63, 3.10]	.41
Gender
Male	1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference
Female	1.17	[0.49, 2.83]	.26	0.90	[0.39, 2.05]	.80
Social/economic
Marital status
Singlea	0.76	[0.34, 1.73]	.52	0.68	[0.31, 1.50]	.34
Married	1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference
Education
<High school	4.07	[0.94, 17.71]	.06	1.01	[0.28, 3.62]	.98
High school graduate	3.03	[0.87, 10.62]	.08	0.78	[0.29, 2.09]	.61
College/associate degree	5.67	[1.55, 20.76]	.01	1.27	[0.43, 3.73]	.66
Bachelor’s and above	1.00	Reference		1.00	Reference
Neighborhood environment
Park	0.37	[0.14, 0.98]	.04	1.18	[0.43, 3.21]	.75
Library	1.33	[0.24, 3.41]	.98	2.62	[0.57, 12.09]	.22
Grocery store	0.72	[0.20, 2.62]	.62	0.94	[0.24, 3.63]	.93
Crime	0.85	[0.31, 2.35]	.76	0.26	[0.08, 0.93]	.04
N	213

Note. BMI = body mass index; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

^aSingle includes widowed, separated, and divorced participants.