Table 3.

Factors associated with BMI among men aged 40–60 years in Nairobi slums (2014–2015).

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Characteristics	Coeff	(95% CI)	Coeff	95% CI	Coeff	95% CI
Sociodemographic
Wealth quintile
First Quintile (REF)
Second Quintile	0.074	0.034, 0.115	0.056	0.017, 0.096	0.063	0.020, 0.107
Third Quintile	0.090	0.050, 0.130	0.068	0.030, 0.107	0.063	0.021, 0.104
Fourth Quintile	0.109	0.068, 0.150	0.089	0.049, 0.129	0.083	0.039, 0.126
Fifth Quintile	0.138	0.098, 0.177	0.100	0.061, 0.139	0.092	0.050, 0.133
Behavioural
Tobacco consumption
Never smoked (REF)
Current smoker			−0.084	−0.113,-0.055	−0.087	−0.120, −0.054
Former smoker			0.003	−0.025, 0.030	0.021	−0.010, 0.052
Snuff use			−0.038	−0.096, 0.020	−0.036	−0.098, 0.026
Chewing tobacco use			−0.104	−0.258, 0.050	−0.05	−0.200, 0.100
Diet
Vegetable servings/week			0.001	−0.000, 0.001
Bread slices/week			0.001	0.000, 0.002	0.001	0.001, 0.003
Sugary drinks/week			0.003	−0.001, 0.007
Biological
Self-reported Diabetes					0.099	0.023, 0.175
Tested HIV positive					−0.066	−0.113, −0.019
Reported tuberculosis					−0.082	−0.118, −0.045
R2	0.075		0.16		0.196
∆R2			0.074		0.036
F (p-value)	<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
BIC	−702.152		−719.666		−561.063

Notes: Only statistically significant factors in the final model are shown in the table. Other factors included are shown in the models: Model 1: Sociodemographic factors (Age, marital status, wealth index); Model 2: Model 1+ behavioural factors (Smoking, Alcohol, Diet); Model 3: Model 2+ Biological factors (Ethnicity, Diabetes, HIV, Tuberculosis)

Coeff = Coefficients