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Published in final edited form as: Biodemography Soc Biol. 2021 Apr-Jun;66(2):132–144. doi: 10.1080/19485565.2020.1869919

Table 3.

College education and the education polygenic score (PGS) predicting obesity: Odds ratios from logistic regressions

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3

Independent variable

College degree vs. no college degree	0.61^***	0.62^***	0.75^*
High education PGS vs. low education PGS	------	0.95	1.04
College degree × High education PGS	------	------	0.71^*
Age	1.03	1.03	1.03
Female vs. male	0.97	0.98	0.98
Parental education
High school vs. below high school	0.97	0.96	0.95
More than high school vs. below high school	0.77^*	0.76^*	0.75^*
Lived with two biological parents vs. no	1.03	1.05	1.04
Verbal IQ (PVT) score	1.00	1.00	1.00
Self-control	0.94^***	0.94^***	0.94^***
Employed vs. unemployed	1.04	1.06	1.06
Married vs. unmarried	1.13	1.13	1.12
Household size	1.07^**	1.07^**	1.07^**
Weekly physical activity^a
1 to 4 bouts vs. 0 bouts	0.88	0.88	0.88
5 bouts or more vs. 0 bouts	1.02	1.04	1.03
Composite inactivity score^a
Medium vs. low	1.40^***	1.43^***	1.43^***
High vs. low	1.50^***	1.54^***	1.54^***
BMI PGS	------	1.46^***	1.47^***
−2 Log-likelihood	6553.29	6553.29	6553.29
LR Chi-square	194.99^***	378.85^***	377.06^***
N	5,105	5,105	5,105

Note: An odds ratio greater than 1 indicates a higher likelihood of being obese.

p < .05

^**

p < .01

^***

p < .001 (two-tailed tests)