Table 3. Geographic remoteness and BMI for immigrant men and women, 2006–2014.
| Model 1a | Model 2b | Model 3c | Model 4d | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coeff | 95% CI | Coeff | 95% CI | Coeff | 95% CI | Coeff | 95% CI | |
| Men (n = 2 043, 9 192 observations) | ||||||||
| Fixed effects | ||||||||
| Intercept (se) | 27.0 | (0.127) | 26.8 | (0.177) | 26.2 | (0.242) | 26.2 | (0.243) |
| Time (0 = 2006) | 0.057 | (0.03,0.08) | 0.058 | (0.04,0.08) | 0.059 | (0.04,0.08) | 0.061 | (0.03,0.09) |
| Remoteness | ||||||||
| Major city | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||
| Inner regional Australia | -0.25 | (-0.77,0.27) | -0.37 | (-0.89,0.15) | -0.61 | (-1.15,-0.08) | -0.52 | (-1.10,0.06) |
| Outer regional Australia | 0.79 | (0.08,1.50) | 0.60 | (-0.10,1.30) | 0.31 | (-0.40,1.02) | 0.20 | (-0.59,0.98) |
| Remote and very remote | -0.25 | (-2.02,1.52) | -0.65 | (-2.38,1.09) | -0.74 | (-2.46,0.99) | -0.62 | (-2.60,1.37) |
| Interaction | ||||||||
| Major city*time | Reference | |||||||
| Inner regional Australia*time | -0.03 | (-0.09,0.04) | ||||||
| Outer regional Australia*time | 0.03 | (-0.07,0.13) | ||||||
| Remote and very remote*time | -0.03 | (-0.27,0.21) | ||||||
| Women (n = 2 250, 10 212 observations) | ||||||||
| Fixed effects | ||||||||
| Intercept | 25.3 | (0.150) | 25.7 | (0.208) | 24.4 | (0.284) | 24.2 | (0.306) |
| Time (0 = 2006) | 0.077 | (0.05,0.10) | 0.079 | (0.06,0.10) | 0.079 | (0.06,0.10) | 0.071 | (0.04,0.10) |
| Remoteness | ||||||||
| Major city | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||
| Inner regional Australia | -0.10 | (-0.75,0.56) | -0.26 | (-0.90,0.38) | -0.70 | (-1.34,-0.06) | -0.80 | (-1.70,-0.12) |
| Outer regional Australia | 1.01 | (0.21,1.80) | 0.71 | (-0.07,1.48) | 0.17 | (-0.61,0.94) | 0.17 | (-0.69,1.03) |
| Remote and very remote | -0.08 | (-2.03,1.88) | -0.20 | (-2.08,1.69) | -0.32 | (-2.16,1.52) | -0.14 | (-2.18,1.89) |
| Interaction | ||||||||
| Major city*time | Reference | |||||||
| Inner regional Australia*time | 0.02 | (-0.05,0.09) | ||||||
| Outer regional Australia*time | -0.01 | (-0.11,0.10) | ||||||
| Remote and very remote*time | -0.03 | (-0.27,0.21) | ||||||
Abbreviations: Coeff, coefficient.
aModel 1: Geographic remoteness adjusted for baseline age, age squared and survey year.
bModel 2: Model 1 plus adjustment for ethnicity.
cModel 3: Model 2 plus adjustment for neighbourhood disadvantage, education, occupation, household income.
dModel 4: Model 3 plus interaction (geographic remoteness*year). Bold p<0.05