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. 2018 Nov 5;11(Suppl 2):1537613. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2018.1537613

Table 3.

Sex-stratified hierarchical models showing demographic, socio-economic, behavioural and biological factors associated with log BMI for women.

  Model 1
Demographic and socioeconomic factors
Model 2
Demographic, socio-economic and behavioural factors
Model 3
Demographic, socio-economic, behavioural and biological factors
  Coeff (95%CI) p-value Coeff (95%CI) p-value Coeff (95%CI) p-value
Age (years) −0.002 (−0.005, 0.001) 0.280 −0.002 (−0.005, 0.001) 0.267 −0.004 (−0.008, −0.0009) 0.012
Marital Status            
Never married or cohabited Ref   Ref   Ref  
Married/living with partner 0.05 (−0.001, 0.09) 0.053 0.05 (0.005, 0.09) 0.029 0.03 (−0.02, 0.08) 0.220
Divorced/Widowed 0.02 (−0.03, 0.08) 0. 390 0.03 (−0.03, 0.08) 0.338 0.03 (−0.03, 0.08) 0.345
Level of education            
No formal education Ref   Ref   Ref  
Primary 0.02 (−0.05, 0.09) 0.560 0.003 (−0.06, 0.07) 0.922 0.005 (−0.06, 0.07) 0.887
Secondary 0.04 (−0.03, 0.11) 0.256 0.010 (−0.05, 0.08) 0.698 0.008 (−0.06, 0.08) 0.821
Tertiary −0.03 (−0.15, 0.9) 0.654 −0.07 (−0.19, 0.05) 0.258 −0.07 (−0.19, 0.05) 0.248
SES            
1st quintile Ref   Ref   Ref  
2nd quintile 0.05 (−0.01, 0.12) 0.117 0.04 (−0.02, 0.10) 0.279 0.03 (−0.04, 0.09) 0.370
3rd quintile 0.09 (0.01, 0.17) 0.016 0.07 (−0.004, 0.14) 0.064 0.07 (−0.004, 0.14) 0.064
4th quintile 0.09 (0.02, 0.15) 0.012 0.07 (−0.001, 0.13) 0.054 0.07 (0.007, 0.14) 0.031
5th quintile 0.14 (0.07, 0.21) < 0.001 0.11 (0.04, 0.17) 0.002 0.10 (0.03, 0.17) 0.003
Diet            
Bread intake (Servings/day)     0.01 (0.0004;0.02) 0.041 0.007 (−0.004, 0.02) 0.228
Fruit/vegetable intake
(servings/day)
    0.00 (−0.005, 0.01) 0.435 0.007 (−0.002, 0.02) 0.118
Sugar sweetened beverages (servings/day)     0.02 (−0.0008, 0.05) 0.058 0.02 (−0.003, 0.04) 0.081
Smoking status            
Never     Ref   Ref  
Current smoked     −0.14 (−0.25, −0.03) 0.010 −0.15 (−0.26, −0.05) 0.005
Former smoker     −0.02 (−0.12, 0.07) 0.638 −0.02 (−012, 0.08) 0.674
Use alcohol            
Never     Ref   Ref  
Current non-problematic     0.01 (−0.06, 0.09) 0.713 0.04 (−0.05, 0.11) 0.411
Current problematic     −0.06 (−0.13, 0.01) 0.108 −0.05 (−0.13, 0.02) 0.151
Former Consumer     0.005 (−0.04, 0.05) 0.840 0.0 (−0.03, 0.06) 0.482
Sleep (hours/night)     −0.02 (−0.03, −0.003) 0.013 −0.02 (−0.03, −0.003) 0.015
HIV Status            
HIV negative         Ref  
HIV Positive         −0.13 (−0.17, −0.08) < 0.001
Number of pregnancies         0.003 (−0.005, 0.01) 0.445
R2 0.044 0.081 0.116
Adjusted R2 0.032 0.059 0.092
F (p-value) < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
Mean VIF (min, max) 2.28 (1.20,3.56) 1.75 (1.07, 3.71) 1.73 (1.07,3.87)

SES – Socioeconomic status, HIV – Human immunodeficiency virus