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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Community Health. 2016 Jan-Mar;39(1):13–23. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000086

Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratios of BMI ≥ 23, stratified by age at migration

<30 years 30–49 ≥50 years

OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
Years in US
  0 – <5 Ref Ref Ref
  5 – <10 2.5 (0.9 – 6.5) 0.074 0.8 (0.5 – 1.3) 0.406 1.3 (0.7 – 2.6) 0.444
  10 – <15 3.8 (1.2 – 11.7) 0.019 1.2 (0.6 – 2.3) 0.698 1.2 (0.4 – 4.0) 0.758
  ≥15 5.7 (1.8 – 17.8) 0.003 1.0 (0.4 – 2.1) 0.900 2.7 (0.7 –10.4) 0.156
Sex
  Male 3.8 (1.9 – 7.6) <0.001 3.5 (2.1 – 6.0) <0.001 2.8 (1.3 – 6.1) 0.009
  Female Ref Ref Ref
Age
  18–45 0.3 (0.0 – 2.7) 0.273 0.8 (0.3 – 2.4) 0.663 n/a
  46–55 0.5 (0.1 – 5.2) 0.565 0.9 (0.3 – 2.4) 0.776 1.0 (0.3 – 2.9) 0.969
  56–65 0.1 (0.0 – 1.2) 0.076 2.3 (0.9 – 5.6) 0.077 1.4 (0.6 – 2.9) 0.436
  66–85 Ref Ref Ref
Preferred language
  English 1.2 (0.5 – 2.8) 0.718 1.1 (0.6 – 1.9) 0.719 1.2 (0.5 – 3.0) 0.716
  Tagalog/Other dialect 2.2 (1.0 – 5.2) 0.057 0.9 (0.6 – 1.5) 0.783 0.8 (0.4 – 1.6) 0.492
  Tagalog and English Ref Ref Ref
Employment
  Employed Ref Ref Ref
  Unemployed 1.3 (0.5 – 3.4) 0.586 1.2 (0.6 – 2.4) 0.659 1.8 (0.8 – 4.2) 0.178
  Missing 1.5 (0.6 – 4.1) 0.402 0.8 (0.4 – 1.4) 0.368 0.7 (0.3 – 1.9) 0.497
Insurance
  Private 0.9 (0.4 – 2.0) 0.861 1.0 (0.6 – 1.6) 0.871 0.8 (0.3 – 2.4) 0.712
  Public 0.8 (0.3 – 2.0) 0.660 0.8 (0.5 – 1.4) 0.464 0.9 (0.5 – 1.9) 0.859
  No insurance Ref Ref Ref
Island Group
  Luzon Ref Ref Ref
  Visayas 1.4 (0.5 – 4.1) 0.555 1.8 (1.0 – 3.1) 0.051 1.1 (0.5 – 2.6) 0.825
   Mindanao 0.6 (0.3 – 1.4) 0.279 1.5 (0.9 – 2.4) 0.134 1.3 (0.7 – 2.6) 0.446
Location of residence
  Queens Ref Ref Ref
  New Jersey 1.8 (0.8 – 4.0) 0.174 1.8 (1.0 – 3.4) 0.061 1.5 (0.6 – 3.4) 0.397
  Other 1.0 (0.3 – 3.2) 0.949 0.9 (0.3 – 2.7) 0.841 0.6 (0.1 – 2.6) 0.480