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. 2022 Jun 20;22:1229. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13592-0

Table 4.

Multilevel logistic regression models set for internal and external school environment factors associated with obesity in adolescents enrolled in schools from Belo Horizonte City, Minas Gerais State, Brazil—2013–2014

Variable Null Model Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
OR CI 95% OR CI 95% OR CI 95% OR CI 95%
INDIVIDUAL VARIABLES
Sex
  Male Ref Ref
  Female - - - 0.98 0.88 1.09 - - - 0.96 0.86 1.07
Age
   < 15 years Ref Ref
   >  = 15 years - - - 0.72* 0.63 0.81 - - - 0.65* 0.58 0.73
Socioeconomic score
  High Ref Ref
  Medium - - - 0.72* 0.64 0.80 - - - 0.76* 0.68 0.86
  Low - - - 0.75 0.49 1.15 - - - 0.74 0.48 1.15
Lives with the parents
  Both Ref Ref
  Only with the mother or father - - - 0.80* 0.71 0.90 - - - 0.71* 0.63 0.80
  No - - - 2.00* 1.65 2.43 - - - 1.86* 1.52 2.27
How often the legal guardian has supper with the adolescent
  Never or almost never Ref Ref
  Sometimes - - - 0.72* 0.61 0.85 - - - 0.65* 0.55 0.77
  Almost every day - - - 0.66* 0.55 0.78 - - - 0.60* 0.50 0.71
  Every day - - - 0.70* 0.60 0.82 - - - 0.61* 0.52 0.71
Breakfast-having frequency
  Does not have it Ref Ref
  Sometimes - - - 0.98 0.84 1.13 - - - 0.97 0.83 1.13
  Almost every day - - - 0.69* 0.57 0.84 - - - 0.73* 0.60 0.89
  Every day - - - 0.49* 0.42 0.57 - - - 0.49* 0.42 0.57
Exercising
  Inactive Ref
  Insufficiently active - - - 0.86 0.75 0.99 - - - - - -
  Active - - - 0.88 0.77 1.00 - - - - - -
ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES
School sports environment
  Unfavorable conditions Ref
  More favorable conditions - - - - - - 1.00 0.85 1.18 - - -
Vulnerability to health index
  Low Ref Ref
  Medium - - - - - - 0.74* 0.63 0.88 0.99 0.86 1.15
  High and very high - - - - - - 0.66* 0.44 0.98 0.58* 0.40 0.83
Managerial dependence
  Public Ref Ref
  Private - - - - - - 0.61* 0.49 0.76 0.66* 0.55 0.80
Ready-to-eat food shops within the 800 m buffer around the school
  1st tercile Ref Ref
  2nd tercile - - - - - - 1.52* 1.29 1.80 1.24* 1.06 1.44
  3rd tercile - - - - - - 1.74* 1.38 2.17 1.44* 1.17 1.77
Number of operational drinking fountains - - - - - - 0.90* 0.87 0.92 0.91* 0.89 0.93
Intercept 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.22 0.18 0.28 0.09 0.07 0.11 0.42 0.32 0.55
  AIC (ICC) 13,300.20 (0.07) 11,432.64 (0.04) 12,479.02 (0.03) 10,737.15 (0.00)

OR Odds Ratio, CI95% 95% Confidence Interval, Ref. Reference, AIC Akaike's Information Criterion, ICC Intraclass Correlation Coefficient

*p < 0.05