Table 3.
Factors associated with obesity and overweight during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown at a Safety-net Health System in Massachusetts.
| Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|
| Variable | Obesity | Overweight |
| Age, years | 0.95 (0.91, 1.00) | 0.92 (0.88, 0.96) |
| BMI percentile | 1.19 (1.15, 1.23) | 1.10 (1.08, 1.11) |
| Female sex | 1.16 (0.71, 1.92) | 0.84 (0.53, 1.32) |
| Language | ||
| English | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) |
| Spanish | 2.19 (1.10, 4.33) | 1.23 (0.64, 2.34) |
| Brazilian Portuguese | 0.96 (0.52, 1.75) | 0.89 (0.52, 1.55) |
| Haitian Creole | 0.74 (0.19, 2.87) | 0.97 (0.31, 3.02) |
| Others | 1.18 (0.38, 3.66) | 0.87 (0.34, 2.23) |
| Mental illness | 1.26 (0.71, 2.21) | 1.46 (0.86, 2.49) |
| COVID-19 | 0.88 (0.30, 2.57) | 0.65 (0.25, 1.70) |
| Housing or food insecurity | 1.12 (0.50, 2.51) | 0.73 (0.35, 1.51) |
COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; BMI: body mass index. Using logistic regressions. Ref: reference. Adjusting for the duration of follow up. AOR: adjusted odds ratio. CI: confidence interval.