Table A1.
Simple and multiple logistic regressions describing the association between increased food intake and sociodemographic characteristics in the study population (n = 2060).
| Increased Food Intake (n = 655) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||||
| Crude OR | 95% CI | p-Value | Adj OR | 95% CI | p-Value | ||
| Sex (ref: males) | |||||||
| Female | 1.68 | (1.34; 2.11) | <0.001 | 1.87 | (1.47; 2.39) | <0.001 | |
| Age (ref 18–30) | |||||||
| 31–40 | 0.95 | (0.76; 1.18) | 0.63 | 0.86 | (0.67; 1.09) | 0.215 | |
| >40 | 0.68 | (0.53; 0.86) | 0.002 | 0.57 | (0.43; 0.76) | <0.001 | |
| Marital status (ref: Single) | |||||||
| Married | 0.95 | (0.78; 1.17) | 0.635 | ||||
| Ever married | 1.07 | (0.69; 1.66) | 0.75 | ||||
| Education (ref: up to high school) | |||||||
| University | 1.13 | (0.91; 1.41) | 0.265 | ||||
| Nationality (ref: Emirati) | |||||||
| Arabic | 1.24 | (1.01; 1.53) | 0.037 | 1.35 | (1.02; 1.79) | 0.036 | |
| Western | 1.37 | (0.76; 2.49) | 0.295 | 1.5 | (0.78; 2.87) | 0.224 | |
| Asian | 1.16 | (0.86; 1.55) | 0.331 | 1.3 | (0.89; 1.91) | 0.172 | |
| Other | 0.89 | (0.34; 2.29) | 0.806 | 0.83 | (0.31; 2.23) | 0.716 | |
| Type of living (ref: house with a garden or yard) | |||||||
| An apartment/house with no garden or yard | 1.22 | (1.01; 1.48) | 0.038 | 1.16 | (0.88; 1.52) | 0.288 | |
| Working Status (ref: Not working) | |||||||
| Working from home | 0.9 | (0.72; 1.13) | 0.799 | ||||
| Working | 0.93 | (0.71; 1.23) | 0.381 | ||||
| Number of Children (ref: 0) | |||||||
| 1–2 | 1.28 | (1.02; 1.6) | 0.033 | 1.33 | (1.05; 1.68) | 0.02 | |
| ≥3 | 1.03 | (0.83; 1.3) | 0.769 | 1.25 | (0.95; 1.64) | 0.116 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) (ref: <25) | |||||||
| ≥25 | 1.26 | (1.04; 1.54) | 0.02 | 1.47 | (1.19; 1.82) | <0.001 | |
Abbreviations: BMI: Body Mass Index, Coef.: Coefficient, adj coef: adjusted coefficient, CI: Confidence interval. Model 1: Crude associations; Model 2: Adjusted for sex, age, nationality, type of living, number of children, and BMI.