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