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Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2022 Jul 21:10.1038/s41366-022-01190-4. doi: 10.1038/s41366-022-01190-4

Table 3. Linear regression examining demographic, SEP and food choice motives predictors of BMI in UK and US samples.

	UK sample (N=4123) R² =.09		US sample (N=1889) R² =.05
	B (SE)	p	B (SE)	p
Gender	-.53 (.18)	.003^*	-.69 (.34)	.040
Ethnicity	-.93 (.32)	.004^*	-.63 (.44)	.159
Age	.08 (.007)	<.001^*	.02 (.01)	.030
Income	.01 (.07)	.882	-.40 (.14)	.004^*
SSS	-.49 (.06)	<.001^*	-.29 (.11)	.007^*
Education level	-.03 (.18)	.876	.67 (.37)	.072
Motives: health	-1.11 (.10)	<.001^*	-1.37 (.20)	< .001^*
Motives: weight	1.04 (.10)	<.001^*	1.35 (.20)	< .001^*

Gender reference category is females. Ethnicity reference category is white. Education reference category is lower education. Income ranges from 1-5, lowest to highest quartiles. Motives health and weight reference category is not rating as important. SSS is subjective social status.

indicates statistically significant (p < .05 for primary analyses using UK sample and <.01 for secondary analyses using US sample)