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. 2020 Aug;61(4):309–318. doi: 10.3325/cmj.2020.61.309

Table 3.

Factors contributing to weight gain during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) lockdown*


B
P
Odds ratio (OR)
95% confidence interval for OR
lower upper
Body mass index
0.110
<0.001
1.116
1.086
1.147
Age
-0.006
0.119
0.994
0.986
1.002
Sex
1.003
<0.001
2.726
2.043
3.636
Education level

0.116



  elementary school
0.611
0.262
1.842
0.634
5.356
  high school
0.362
0.061
1.436
0.984
2.095
  college or bachelor's degree
0.450
0.029
1.568
1.048
2.345
  master's degree
0.473
0.009
1.606
1.127
2.287
Exercise before COVID-19
-0.280
0.004
0.756
0.625
0.915
Frequency of drinking alcohol

0.154



never
0.454
0.362
1.575
0.593
4.180
once monthly
0.171
0.729
1.187
0.450
3.128
  up to 3 drinks weekly
0.407
0.408
1.503
0.573
3.946
  up to 7 drinks weekly
0.357
0.477
1.429
0.535
3.817
  up to 15 drinks weekly 0.721 0.196 2.057 0.689 6.139

*Nagelkerke R2= 7.2%, logistic regression model significant at P < 0.001.