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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Educ Behav. 2015 Aug 13;43(2):139–144. doi: 10.1177/1090198115598983

Table 3.

Associations between stress and prevalence of overweight and obesity (BMI ≥25 kg/m2) among 2-year community college students

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
PR 95% CI PR 95% CI PR 95% CI PR 95% CI
Perceived stress (scale range: 0–13) 1.05* [1.01,1.09] 1.04* [1.00,1.08] 1.04 [1.00,1.08] 1.04 [1.00,1.08]
High financial strain 1.49* [1.22,1.83] 1.51* [1.22,1.85] 1.58* [1.27,1.98]
Age (years) 1.00 [0.98,1.02] 1.00 [0.98,1.02] 1.00 [0.98,1.02]
Female 0.80* [0.65,0.97] 0.80* [0.66,0.98] 0.83 [0.67,1.04]
White 1.21 [0.95,1.54] 1.18 [0.92,1.51] 1.29 [0.98,1.69]
Eats breakfast <3–4 times/week 0.90 [0.72,1.13] 0.89 [0.70,1.13]
Eats lunch <5–6 times/week 1.24 [0.99,1.55] 1.23 [0.96,1.58]
Eats dinner <5–6 times/week 0.91 [0.67,1.24] 0.93 [0.67,1.29]
Eats dinner at home <5 times/week 1.02 [0.81,1.28] 0.99 [0.78,1.28]
Eats within 1 hour of bedtime ≥3–4 times/week 0.87 [0.70,1.07] 0.82 [0.65,1.04]
Eats >2 snacks/day 0.91 [0.68,1.22] 0.99 [0.73,1.33]
Eats fast food ≥1–2 times/week 1.21 [0.97,1.50] 1.26 [0.99,1.59]
Drinks ≥1 sugar-sweetened beverage/day 0.97 [0.79,1.20] 0.96 [0.76,1.21]
Performs <150 min moderate physical activity/week 1.04 [0.84,1.29]
Engages in ≥5 hours of sedentary behavior/day 0.95 [0.76,1.18]
Current smoker 1.04 [0.79,1.38]
Had ≥1 binge drinking episode in past 30 days 1.12 [0.88,1.44]
Average hours of sleep/night 1.00 [0.91,1.10]

Notes: PR: prevalence ratio; CI: Confidence Interval

Reference categories: Low financial strain (not at all or somewhat difficult to live on household income), male, non-white, eats breakfast ≥3–4 times/week, eats lunch ≥5–6 times/week, eats dinner ≥5–6 times/week, eats dinner at home ≥5 times/week, eats within 1 hour of bed <3–4 times/week, eats ≤2 snacks/day, eats fast food <1–2 times/week, drinks <1 sugar-sweetened beverage/day, moderate physical activity ≥150 min/week, sedentary behavior <5 hours/day, non-smoker, no binge drinking episodes

*

p <0.05