Table 3.
Logistic regression analysis. Criterion: being in the obese group. Predictors: Psychopathological typology corrected for age, gender, and severity of symptomatology (only significant results are reported in the table).
| STEP | Variable | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Total SCL-90 | 1.02 | 1.02–1.03 | <0.001 |
| 2 | Age | 1.18 | 1.13–1.23 | <0.001 |
| 3 | Psychopathological subtype | |||
| 1-Worthlessness-Being Trapped | 1.00 | |||
| 4-Panic Anxiety | 2.98 | 1.02–8.72 | 0.046 | |
| 5-Violence-suicide | 34.09 | 11.15–104.18 | <0.001 | |
| 4 | Female gender | 11.21 | 5.92–21.22 | <0.001 |
Statistics: chi squared 346.07, df 7, p < 0.001; 47.2% of obese individuals were re-classified as HUD patients.