Table 4.
Simple logistic regression of the association between each variable and HCWs’ obesity status (n = 4241).
| Variables | Regression Coefficient B | Crude OR (95% CI) |
Wald Statistics (df) |
p-Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.047 | 1.05 (1.04, 1.06) | 90.81 (1) | <0.001 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 1 | |||
| Female | −0.072 | 0.93 (0.79, 1.10) | 0.70 (1) | 0.40 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Malay | 1 | |||
| Non-Malay a | −0.423 | 0.66 (0.47,0.92) | 6.07 (1) | 0.014 |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Married | 1 | |||
| Unmarried b | −0.438 | 0.65 (0.51, 0.82) | 13.01 (1) | <0.001 |
| Workplace | ||||
| Non-Hospital | 1 | |||
| Hospital | 0.17 | 1.18 (1.02, 1.38) | 4.67 (1) | 0.03 |
| Smoking status | ||||
| No | 1 | |||
| Yes | 0.215 | 1.24 (0.89, 1.73) | 1.62 (1) | 0.204 |
| Comorbid c | ||||
| No | 1 | |||
| Yes | 1.254 | 3.51 (2.78, 4.44) | 109.06 (1) | <0.001 |
| Job Category | ||||
| Doctors | 1 | |||
| Nurses | 0.698 | 2.01 (1.53, 2.65) | 24.58 (1) | <0.001 |
| Others | 0.574 | 1.77 (1.34, 2.35) | 16.27 (1) | <0.001 |
a Chinese, Indian and others; b Divorced, single, widowed; c Diabetes mellitus, hypertension, heart disease, asthma.