Table 3.
Crude and multivariable-adjusted ORs and 95% CIs for general and abdominal obesity across categories of whole-day water intake and intra-meal fluid consumption1
| Whole-day water intake (glass/d) | Intra-meal fluid consumption (glass/d) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 2 | 2–5 | 6–8 | > 8 | P-trend | < 1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | > 4 | P-trend | |
| General obesity | ||||||||||
| Crude | 1.00 | 1.06 (0.88–1.27) | 1.28 (1.02–1.61) | 1.56 (1.11–2.19) | 0.01 | 1.00 | 1.52 (1.29–1.79) | 1.40 (0.91–2.16) | 1.86 (0.97–3.57) | < 0.001 |
| Multivariable-adjusted2 | 1.00 | 1.00 (0.75–1.33) | 1.17 (0.82–1.68) | 1.78 (1.08–2.94) | 0.05 | 1.00 | 1.34 (1.04–1.59) | 1.59 (0.85–2.96) | 1.06 (0.32–3.49) | 0.02 |
| Abdominal obesity | ||||||||||
| Crude | 1.00 | 0.90 (0.79–1.03) | 0.98 (0.82–1.16) | 1.00 (0.75–1.33) | 0.88 | 1.00 | 1.08 (0.95–1.23) | 0.99 (0.69–1.43) | 1.99 (1.16–3.41) | 0.05 |
| Multivariable-adjusted2 | 1.00 | 0.91 (0.76–1.08) | 0.91 (0.72–1.13) | 1.11 (0.78–1.60) | 0.82 | 1.00 | 0.97 (0.82–1.14) | 0.96 (0.61–1.52) | 1.65 (0.81–3.34) | 0.75 |
1Data are OR (95% CI)
2Adjusted for age, sex, total energy intake, education, physical activity, marital status, home ownership, eating rate, breakfast skipping, meal regularity and number of meals