. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 4.

Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2015 Jan 13;113(3):464–472. doi: 10.1017/S000711451400405X

Table 3.

Multivariate Associations between Selected Factors and Percent Underreporting in Individuals^*

	β coefficient	Std. Error	p-value
BMI (kg/m²)	−1.3	0.2	<0.001
Sex^**	9.6	2.9	0.001
Age (y)	−0.1	0.2	0.77
Education (tertile^**)	1.9	1.8	0.31
Site vs US
Seychelles	−12.4	4.0	0.002
Jamaica	−6.4	4.2	0.13
South Africa	−38.3	4.2	<0.001
Ghana	−12.6	5.1	0.013
Intercept	6.2	10.9	0.57

Dependent variable in the regression model is % underreporting of TEI; a negative β-coefficient indicates an inverse association, i.e., as BMI increases, the TEI/TEE decreases (the percent underreporting is greater)

^**

Men = 0, women = 1; site-specific lowest tertile of education = 1, highest = 3