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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Nov 12;29(1):159–170. doi: 10.1002/oby.22990

Table 8:

Personal habits - Multivariable Ordered Logistic Regression

Question Do you perform regular physical activity of at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous activity weekly? (More often) Do you consider yourself to have good nutritional habits? (More often) Do you use smartphone applications to help you manage your weight? (More often)
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Training hours (quartile)
1st ref --- ref --- ref ---
2nd 1.45 (0.4 – 5.1) >0.1 2.21 (0.6 – 8.2) >0.1 1.12 (0.3 – 4.8) >0.1
3rd 0.66 (0.2 – 2.3) >0.1 0.36 (0.1 – 1.3) >0.1 2.69 (0.7 – 10.9) >0.1
4th 1.12 (0.3 – 4.4) >0.1 1.86 (0.5 – 7.0) >0.1 1.52 (0.3 – 6.8) >0.1
BMI class
Normal ref --- ref --- ref ---
Overweight 0.63 (0.1 – 2.8) >0.1 0.59 (0.1 – 2.4) >0.1 0.76 (0.2 – 3.4) >0.1
Obesity 0.09 (0.0 – 0.5) 0.004 0.17 (0.0 – 0.8) 0.03 0.92 (0.2 – 4.4) >0.1
Overweight/Obesity previously 2.69 (0.7 – 10.6) >0.1 1.17 (0.3 – 4.3) >0.1 6.03 (1.4 – 25.8) 0.02
Specialty
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics ref --- ref --- ref ---
Pediatrics 0.32 (0.1 – 0.9) 0.04 1.02 (0.4 – 2.9) >0.1 0.44 (0.1 – 1.4) >0.1

OR indicates odds ratio derived from ordered (aka ordinal) logistic regression model, which assumes proportional odds between each level of the dependent variable

Ref indicates a common reference point to which the other categories where compared to, for interpretation of results.