Table 4.
Predictors of remission of overweight (body mass index of ≥23 kg/m2), among men and women
| Men | Women | |||||
| Number of events (n=170) | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Number of events (n=222) | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |||
| Age (in years) | ||||||
| 18–24 | 10 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 15 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 25–35 | 40 | 1.15 (0.55 to 2.41) | 1.18 (0.48 to 2.91) | 59 | 0.95 (0.52 to 1.72) | 0.91 (0.49 to 1.68) |
| 36–49 | 75 | 1.71 (0.85 to 3.46) | 1.95 (0.75 to 5.07) | 83 | 1.27 (0.71 to 2.26) | 1.11 (0.60 to 2.05) |
| 50+ | 45 | 1.74 (0.84 to 3.62) | 2.11 (0.79 to 5.60) | 65 | 2.12 (1.17 to 3.84)* | 1.71 (0.89 to 3.30) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married | 16 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 6 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Married | 153 | 1.29 (0.74 to 2.24) | 0.86 (0.39 to 1.88) | 178 | 0.63 (0.26 to 1.53) | 0.59 (0.23 to 1.52) |
| Widow/widower/ divorced/separated |
1 | 0.63 (0.08 to 5.17) | 0.34 (0.04 to 3.22) | 38 | 1.16 (0.46 to 2.98) | 0.71 (0.26 to 1.97) |
| Highest grade of education attained | ||||||
| Illiterate | 27 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 90 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Grade 1–5 | 21 | 0.60 (0.32 to 1.13) | 0.69 (0.35 to 1.35) | 35 | 0.62 (0.41 to 0.94)* | 0.66 (0.42 to 1.04) |
| Grade 6–10 | 64 | 0.56 (0.34 to 0.93)* | 0.76 (0.42 to 1.37) | 82 | 0.75 (0.54 to 1.03) | 0.82 (0.53 to 1.27) |
| Grade 11+ | 58 | 0.54 (0.32 to 0.90)* | 0.81 (0.42 to 1.56) | 15 | 0.55 (0.31 to 0.97)* | 0.52 (0.25 to 1.08) |
| Employment | ||||||
| Unemployed | 29 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 193 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Primary | 64 | 1.15 (0.71 to 1.85) | 0.96 (0.55 to 1.68) | 8 | 1.06 (0.50 to 2.25) | 0.69 (0.28 to 1.69) |
| Secondary | 46 | 0.80 (0.48 to 1.33) | 0.67 (0.38 to 1.17) | 8 | 2.02 (0.92 to 4.45) | 1.57 (0.66 to 3.72) |
| Tertiary | 31 | 0.77 (0.45 to 1.34) | 0.60 (0.32 to 1.11) | 13 | 1.81 (0.97 to 3.36) | 1.92 (0.97 to 3.79) |
| Social group | ||||||
| Scheduled caste | 39 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 37 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Scheduled tribe | 13 | 1.85 (0.89 to 3.85) | 1.80 (0.80 to 4.03) | 19 | 2.93 (1.58 to 5.44)* | 2.43 (1.21 to 4.91)* |
| Other backward classes | 17 | 1.06 (0.57 to 2.00) | 1.03 (0.52 to 2.06) | 20 | 1.54 (0.86 to 2.77) | 1.69 (0.91 to 3.15) |
| Other | 101 | 0.70 (0.47 to 1.06) | 0.73 (0.45 to 1.20) | 146 | 1.11 (0.76 to 1.63) | 1.17 (0.74 to 1.85) |
| Religion | ||||||
| Hindu | 128 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 144 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Muslim or other | 42 | 0.84 (0.58 to 1.23) | 1.01 (0.64 to 1.61) | 78 | 0.97 (0.73 to 1.31) | 0.96 (0.65 to 1.42) |
| Wealth quintile | ||||||
| Poorest | 12 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 24 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Poorer | 12 | 0.86 (0.36 to 2.07) | 0.83 (0.33 to 2.08) | 13 | 0.52 (0.25 to 1.06) | 0.42 (0.20 to 0.88)* |
| Middle | 18 | 0.96 (0.43 to 2.15) | 0.83 (0.35 to 1.95) | 31 | 0.90 (0.51 to 1.60) | 0.80 (0.44 to 1.47) |
| Richer | 39 | 1.02 (0.50 to 2.07) | 1.19 (0.55 to 2.57) | 41 | 0.66 (0.39 to 1.14) | 0.64 (0.36 to 1.14) |
| Richest | 89 | 0.73 (0.38 to 1.42) | 1.04 (0.47 to 2.30) | 113 | 0.73 (0.46 to 1.18) | 0.70 (0.40 to 1.24) |
| Block of residence | ||||||
| Mohammad Bazar | 43 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 78 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Rajnagar | 39 | 1.70 (1.04 to 2.79)* | 1.84 (1.09 to 3.11)* | 24 | 0.91 (0.55 to 1.48) | 0.96 (0.58 to 1.60) |
| Sainthia | 38 | 0.59 (0.37 to 0.94)* | 0.57 (0.35 to 0.94)* | 50 | 0.53 (0.37 to 0.78)* | 0.55 (0.37 to 0.81)* |
| Suri I | 50 | 0.71 (0.46 to 1.11) | 0.76 (0.48 to 1.23) | 70 | 0.74 (0.53 to 1.05) | 0.80 (0.55 to 1.16) |
| Alcohol use | ||||||
| No | 152 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 216 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 18 | 2.10 (1.19 to 3.70)* | 1.26 (0.62 to 2.55) | 6 | 4.72 (1.70 to 13.12)* | 3.36 (0.95 to 11.87) |
| Smokeless tobacco use | ||||||
| No | 126 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 183 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 44 | 1.33 (0.91 to 1.94) | 1.07 (0.70 to 1.64) | 39 | 1.33 (0.92 to 1.93) | 1.06 (0.71 to 1.58) |
| Smoking | ||||||
| No | 105 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 221 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 65 | 1.25 (0.89 to 1.76) | 1.16 (0.80 to 1.69) | 1 | 0.77 (0.10 to 6.04) | 0.44 (0.05 to 3.86) |
Level of significance: *p<0.05.