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. 2019 Jan 7;16(1):139. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16010139

Table 2.

Results from conditional logistic regression for the association between body mass status and overall employment and job sectors.

Key Independent Variables Odds Ratio b (90% Confidence Interval):
Employed Job Sector
Professional Semi-Professional Service Sales Blue-Collar
MEN
Model 1
 BMI 0.988 1.051 ** 0.982 0.943 ** 1.015 0.991
(0.97, 1.00) (1.01, 1.09) (0.94, 1.03) (0.90, 0.98) (0.99, 1.05) (0.97, 1.02)
Model 2
 Underweight a 1.033 2.036 * 0.312 1.281 0.258 ** 1.453
(0.73, 1.46) (1.02, 4.07) (0.06, 1.68) (0.60, 2.74) (0.09, 0.70) (0.77, 2.17)
 Overweight & Obese a 0.905 1.469 ** 0.501 ** 0.983 0.973 0.955
(0.63, 1.29) (1.15, 1.87) (0.42, 0.86) (0.70, 1.25) (0.79, 1.20) (0.80, 1.14)
N 4714 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959
WOMEN
Model 1
 BMI 0.996 0.995 0.983 0.833 *** 1.019 1.138 ***
(0.97, 1.02) (0.96, 1.03) (0.94, 1.02) (0.78, 0.89) (0.99, 1.05) (1.08, 1.19)
Model 2
 Underweight a 1.111 1.010 1.100 1.340 * 1.004 0.523 ***
(0.96, 1.28) (0.82, 1.24) (0.89, 1.36) (1.00, 1.79) (0.84, 1.20) (0.37, 0.74)
 Overweight & Obese a 0.970 0.220 1.006 0.333 ** 0.957 1.450
(0.70, 1.35) (0.79, 1.89) (0.62, 1.63) (0.14, 0.80) (0.66, 1.40) (0.86, 2.44)
N 3626 2226 2226 2226 2226 2226

a BMI groups include underweight (BMI < 25), overweight or obese (BMI ≥ 25), normal weight (18.5 < BMI ≤ 25) as references. b * for p-value < 0.1, ** p-value < 0.05, *** for p-value < 0.01.