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. 2019 Aug 22;19:1157. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7007-7

Table 4.

Multinomial logistic regression examining association between healthy weight behaviours and obesity overweight status by age, sex, SSS, parental educational attainment and ethnicity

Characteristics Obese Overweight
AOR 95% CI AOR 95% CI
Healthy weight behaviours
 MVPA
  < 60 mins 1.45* (1.05–1.99) 1.23 (0.96–1.58)
  ≥ 60 mins 1.00 1.00
Screen Time
 >  2 h 1.14 (0.88–1.47) 1.15 (0.98–1.36)
 ≤ 2 hours 1.00 1.00
Fruit and vegetable consumption
 <  5/day 0.87 (0.66–1.15) 1.20 (0.93–1.56)
 ≥ 5 day 1.00 1.00
Sleep
 Inadequatea 1.08 (0.79–1.47) 1.06 (0.90–1.25)
 Adequateb 1.00 1.00
Demographics
 Age 0.96 (0.87–1.06) 0.99 (0.92–1.07)
Sex
 Male 2.08*** (1.58–2.74) 1.47*** (1.20–1.82)
 Female 1.00 1.00
Subjective Social Statusc 0.90** (0.83–0.97) 0.97 (0.92–1.03)
Parental Educational Attainment
 High School or Less 1.93*** (1.38–2.71) 1.16 (0.91–1.50)
 Some Post-Secondary 1.12 (0.69–1.83) 1.06 (0.67–1.68)
 University or College 1.00 1.00
Ethnicity
 White 1.00 1.00
 Black 1.58 (0.89–2.82) 1.12 (0.79–1.58)
 Asian 0.97 (0.70–1.35) 0.92 (0.75–1.13)
 Other 1.04 (0.74–1.47) 1.05 (0.83–1.32)
Model Fit Statistics
 AIC 1,066,222.90
 BIC 1,066,236.70
 2 Log L 1,066,218.90

Notes: Reference category for obese and overweight is not overweight or obese; AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio; 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval; aInadequate sleep = Less than 9–11 h (11–13 year olds), less than 8–10 h or more than 10 h (14–17 year olds) bAdequate sleep = 9–11 h (11–13 year olds), 8–10 h (14–17 year olds); cSubjective Social Status, as measured using the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status (Scale from 1 to 10 *P-value< 0.05; **P-value< 0.01; ***P-value< 0.001