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. 2019 Nov 21;11(12):2860. doi: 10.3390/nu11122860

Table 3.

Multivariable logistic regression of health status, healthy behavior, and sociodemographic characteristics on weight satisfaction *, stratified by country and sex.

Egypt Palestine Finland
Men Women Men Women Men Women
OR (99.9% CI) OR (99.9% CI) OR (99.9% CI) OR (99.9% CI) OR (99.9% CI) OR (99.9% CI)
Characteristic n 1249 1355 502 717 322 770
Health status
 Self-rated general health 0.64 (0.37; 1.13) 0.86 (0.47; 1.56) 0.56 (0.10; 3.21) 0.53 (0.11; 2.43) 2.79 (0.53; 14.72) 2.35 (0.58; 9.46)
 Depressive symptoms 0.98 (0.97; 0.99) 0.97 (0.96; 0.99) 1.01 (0.99; 1.03) 1.02 (0.99; 1.03) 0.96 (0.93; 0.99) 0.96 (0.94; 0.98)
 BMI 0.98 (0.93; 1.04) 0.93 (0.88; 0.98) 1.08 (1.00; 1.15) 1.22 (1.10; 1.34) 0.78 (0.66; 0.94) 0.67 (0.58; 0.76)
Healthy behavior
 Moderate PA 0.91 (0.56; 1.47) 1.26 (0.80; 1.98) 0.67 (0.25; 1.82) 0.83 (0.34; 2.02) 0.47 (0.10; 2.32) 0.79 (0.33; 1.87)
 Vigorous PA 0.71 (0.43; 1.16) 0.93 (0.54; 1.59) 1.81 (0.79; 4.39) 1.15 (0.49; 2.68) 0.96 (0.30; 3.04) 0.68 (0.33; 1.42)
 Healthy nutrition 1.52 (0.58; 3.99) 0.97 (0.46; 2.02) 0.66 (0.23; 1.85) 0.64 (0.25; 1.62) 1.10 (0.28; 4.30) 0.92 (0.46; 1.85)
 Health awareness 1.07 (0.65; 1.75) 1.34 (0.85; 2.11) 0.49 (0.20; 1.21) 0.84 (0.41; 1.71) 0.71 (0.20; 2.47) 0.93 (0.36; 2.41)
Sociodemographic
 Age 0.93 (0.81; 1.07) 0.96 (0.81; 1.13) 0.98 (0.86; 1.12) 0.96 (0.87; 1.06) 1.02 (0.91; 1.15) 1.03 (0.97 1.10)
 Income sufficiency 0.62 (0.38; 1.01) 0.74 (0.45; 1.21) 0.77 (0.36; 1.62) 1.37 (0.70; 2.64) 0.90 (0.33; 2.10) 1.02 (0.56; 1.88)
 Religiosity 1.23 (0.55; 2.77) 1.25 (0.35; 4.45) 1.29 (0.42; 4.00) 0.59 (0.16; 2.23) 0.77 (0.28; 2.10) 0.92 (0.50; 1.70)
Max rescaled R-square 0.08 0.10 0.10 0.20 0.28 0.37

* Reference group is being satisfied; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; PA: physical activity; bolded cells indicate statistical significance (p < 0.001).