Table 2.

Multinomial logistic regression model of the association between BMI categories and nutrition literacy.

Factor	Model 1 a		Model 2 b
	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p–value	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p–value
Nutrition Literacy (NL)
Normal (Ref)
Underweight	0.86 (0.79–0.93)	<0.001	0.91 (0.83–0.99)	0.029
Overweight	1.00 (0.90–1.10)	0.954	0.87 (0.79–0.97)	0.012
Obese	0.80 (0.74–0.86)	<0.001	0.84 (0.77–0.91)	<0.001
Functional Nutrition Literacy (FNL)
Normal (Ref)
Underweight	0.85 (0.78–0.93)	<0.001	0.92 (0.84–1.00)	0.060
Overweight	0.96 (0.86–1.06)	0.400	0.81 (0.73–0.90)	<0.001
Obese	0.70 (0.64–0.76)	<0.001	0.73 (0.67–0.80)	<0.001
Interactive Nutritional Literacy (INL)
Normal (Ref)
Underweight	0.91 (0.84–0.99)	0.035	0.95 (0.87–1.04)	0.252
Overweight	1.01 (0.91–1.12)	0.831	0.95 (0.86–1.06)	0.365
Obese	0.93 (0.86–1.00)	0.065	0.94 (0.87–1.02)	0.148
Critical Nutrition Literacy (CNL)
Normal (Ref)
Underweight	0.93 (0.86–1.01)	0.107	0.94 (0.87–1.03)	0.171
Overweight	0.99 (0.89–1.09)	0.764	0.96 (0.86–1.06)	0.410
Obese	1.01 (0.93–1.09)	0.855	1.02 (0.95–1.12)	0.495

^aModel 1 unadjusted.

^bModel 2 adjusted for gender, grade, ethnicity, primary caregiver, parent's education, boarding school, and residence.