Table 4.
Factors in Higher Obesity Related to Body Image and Lifestyle Behaviors (Female).
| Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95%CI | p-value | OR | 95%CI | p-value | |||||
| Perception of body image | Appropriate
(no: underestimate) |
yes | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| no | 17.05 | 9.78 | 29.71 | <.0001 | 18.11 | 10.10 | 32.47 | <.0001 | ||
| Dietary habit | Have changed behavior more than 6 months ago | yes | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| no | 1.21 | 0.75 | 1.95 | 0.435 | 1.22 | 0.74 | 2.02 | 0.431 | ||
| Physical activity | Have changed behavior more than 6 months ago | yes | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| no | 1.62 | 0.98 | 2.68 | 0.060 | 1.49 | 0.88 | 2.52 | 0.142 | ||
| Smoking | Currently smoke | yes | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| no | 1.15 | 0.66 | 2.00 | 0.628 | 1.05 | 0.58 | 1.90 | 0.864 | ||
| Alcohol consumption | Less than once a month/none past 12 months | yes | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| no | 1.46 | 0.70 | 3.06 | 0.317 | 1.60 | 0.74 | 3.50 | 0.235 | ||
The higher BMI categories (Q3 and Q4) were the dependent variables. The factors that might affect BMI included perceptions of body image, dietary habit, physical activity, smoking habits, and alcohol consumption habits.
Model 1: adjusted for age, ethnicity, education, marital status, work
Model 2: adjusted for age, ethnicity, education, marital status, work, subjective living status, categories of HbA1c levels, categories of blood pressure levels
OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval