Table 3.

Linear regressions showing association between sex and body mass index in Agincourt adults, adjusted for individual sociodemographic, socioeconomic, clinical and behavioural characteristics.

Variable	exp (B)	95% CI
Sex alone	0.83	0.81–0.85
Sex adjusted for marital status	0.83	0.81–0.85
Sex adjusted for education status	0.82	0.80–0.84
Sex adjusted for SES quintile	0.84	0.82–0.86
Sex adjusted for current antiretroviraltherapy use	0.83	0.81–0.85
Sex adjusted for smoking status	0.88	0.86–0.90
Sex adjusted for alcohol consumption	0.86	0.84–0.88
Sex adjusted for bread slices/week	0.83	0.81–0.85
Sex adjusted for vegetables servings/week	0.83	0.81–0.85
Sex adjusted for juice days/week	0.83	0.81–0.85

Exp (B)- exponentiated regression coefficient; coefficient interpreted as percentage change in BMI for category of interest vs reference category for categorical variables and percentage change in BMI for unit change of independent variable for continuous variables; SES-socioeconomic status