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. 2021 Dec 1;2021:4119620. doi: 10.1155/2021/4119620

Table 4.

Factors associated with high body mass index during the COVID-19 pandemic in the study sample.

Variables BMI ORc (CI95%) ORa (CI95%)
<25 kg/m2 (n = 657) ≥25 kg/m2 (n = 519)
Age (years) 28.0 ± 11.0 35.1 ± 12.4 1.05 (1.04–1.06)∗∗
Sex (%)
 Men 250 (43.8) 321 (56.2) 1
 Women 407 (67.3) 198 (32.7) 0.38 (0.30–0.48)∗∗
Vegetables (%)
 No 299 (52.5) 270 (47.5) 1 1
 Yes 358 (59.0) 249 (41.0) 0.77 (0.61–0.97) 0.87 (0.68–1.11)
PA at home (%)
 No 255 (47.9) 277 (52.1) 1 1
 Yes 402 (62.4) 242 (37.6) 0.55 (0.44–0.70)∗∗ 0.58 (0.45–0.74)∗∗
PA per week (days) 2.1 ± 2.1 1.6 ± 2.0 0.89 (0.84–0.94)∗∗ 0.89 (0.84–0.94)∗∗
Time of PA (%)
No physical activity 255 (47.9) 277 (52.1) 1 1
 Less than 30 minutes 156 (60.7) 101 (39.3) 0.60 (0.44–0.81)∗∗ 0.61 (0.44–0.84)∗∗
 30 minutes to 1 hour 217 (64.8) 118 (35.2) 0.50 (0.38–0.66)∗∗ 0.54 (0.40–0.73)∗∗
 1 to 2 hours 27 (58.7) 19 (41.3) 0.65 (0.35–1.19) 0.64 (0.33–1.21)
 Others 2 (33.3) 4 (66.7) 1.84 (0.36–13.36) 1.01 (0.18–8.03)

Data expressed as absolute and relative frequency (%) or mean ± SD. cOR, crude odds ratios; aOR, adjusted odds ratio by all sex and age; CI95%, confidence interval 95%; PA, physical activity. ∗∗P < 0.01.