Table 3.

Adjusted relative risk ratios of predictors of being overweight or obese compared to normal weight from the final multinomial logistic regression model

Variables	RRR	95 % Confidence interval
Associations with being overweight
Age	1.00	0.98–1.02
Education: eighth grade higher	1.12	0.61–2.04
Medicaid	1.10	0.61–2.00
Diabetes	1.13	0.53–2.38
Systolic blood pressure
SBP 120–140 mmHG (pre-hypertensive)	1.15	0.63–2.09
SBP > 140 mmHG (hypertensive)	2.02	0.90–4.54
Depression (measured with PHQ-9)
Mild	1.05	0.53–2.06
Moderate/moderately severe/severe	1.34	0.64–2.80
Poor self-reported health	1.23	0.71–2.12
Eating out at restaurants per week	0.75	0.62–0.89**
Physical activity barrier (time)	1.33	0.77–2.29
TV > 1 h per day	0.94	0.58–1.53
Chronic financial stress	0.47	0.28–0.79**
Chronic stress about personal health	0.56	0.30–1.05
Associations with being obese
Age	0.99	0.97–1.00
Education: eighth grade higher	0.84	0.46–1.53
Medicaid	0.73	0.41–1.31
Diabetes	2.50	1.21–5.14*
Systolic blood pressure
SBP 120–140 mmHG (pre-hypertensive)	2.59	1.43–4.67**
SBP > 140 mmHG (hypertensive)	3.93	1.75–8.82**
Depression (measured with PHQ-9)
Mild	1.07	0.54–2.13
Moderate/moderately severe/severe	2.09	1.03–4.26*
Poor self-reported health	1.24	0.72–2.15
Eating out at restaurants per week	0.87	0.75–1.03
Physical activity barrier (time)	1.78	1.04–3.02*
TV > 1 h per day	1.35	0.82–2.23
Chronic financial stress	0.51	0.31–0.86*
Chronic stress about personal health	0.61	0.32–1.14

PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9

* Statistically significant at 0.05 level

** Statistically significant at 0.01 level