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. 2022 Jun 2;14(11):2334. doi: 10.3390/nu14112334

Table 3.

Multilevel regression of obesity among Brazilian adolescents and individual- and school-level variables, National School Health Survey, 2015.

Variables Null Model Model 1 Model 2
PR (CI 95%) p-Value PR (CI 95%) p-Value
School Level
Administrative dependence
Private 1.16 (1.04–1.30) 0.010
Geographic macro-region
Northeast 0.92 (0.78–1.10) 0.369
Southeast 1.10 (0.93–1.30) 0.265
South 1.22 (1.04–1.44) 0.014
Central-West 0.99 (0.84–1.16) 0.869
Individual Level
Gender
Female 0.66 (0.60–0.73) <0.001 0.67 (0.61–0.73) <0.001
Age
15–20 years 0.61 (0.55–0.68) <0.001 0.61 (0.55–0.68) <0.001
Dietary pattern
Higher nutritional risk 0.72 (0.65–0.80) <0.001 0.72 (0.64–0.79) <0.001
Food consumption while watching TV or studying
Regular (≥5 days) 0.88 (0.80–0.97) 0.009 0.89 (0.81–0.99) 0.024
Breakfast consumption
Irregular (<5 days) 1.32 (1.20–1.45) <0.001 1.31 (1.19–1.44) <0.001
Dining at fast-food restaurants
Yes 0.83 (0.75–0.91) <0.001 0.82 (0.74–0.90) <0.001
Body satisfaction
Indifferent 2.51 (2.20–2.86) <0.001 2.47(2.17–2.82) <0.001
Dissatisfied 3.42 (3.08–3.80) <0.001 3.36 (3.03–3.75) 0.010
Number of residents in the household
<5 residents 1.26 (1.14–1.39) <0.001 1.23 (1.11–1.36) <0.001
Fixed effects
Intercept (CI 95%) −2.244 (−2.304–(−2.185)) 0.099 (0.087–0.112) 0.093(0.079–0.110)
Random Effects Variance (SE) Variance (SE) Variance (SE)
Education level 0.092 (0.057–0.148) 0.042 (0.019–0.098) 0.033 (0.012–0.092)
Variation (%) −54.3 −64.1
LR Test (Chi2; p-value) 30.32 (<0.001) 7.75 (p = 0.003) 5.84 (p = 0.007)