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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2017 Apr;19(2):275–284. doi: 10.1007/s10903-016-0433-z

Table 2.

Unadjusted relative risk ratios of predictors of being overweight or obese compared to normal weight

Variables RRR 95 % Confidence interval
Associations with being overweight
Age 1.02 1.01–1.03**
Education: eighth grade higher 0.66 0.40–1.09
Medicaid 1.38 0.79–2.41
Diabetes 1.92 0.98–3.79
Systolic blood pressure
 SBP 120–140 mmHG (pre-hypertensive) 1.50 0.88–2.56
 SBP > 140 mmHG (hypertensive) 2.69 1.33–5.44**
Depression (measured with the PHQ-9)
 Mild 1.21 0.64–2.28
 Moderate/moderately severe/severe 1.64 0.85–3.16
Poor self-reported health 1.74 1.11–2.73*
Eating out at restaurants per week 0.71 0.60–0.83**
Physical activity barrier (time) 1.18 0.71–1.95
TV > 1 h per day 1.15 0.73–1.82
Chronic financial stress 0.59 0.37–0.93*
Chronic stress about personal health 0.54 0.31–0.94*
Associations with being obese
Age 1.02 1.01–1.04**
Education: eighth grade higher 0.51 0.31–0.83**
Medicaid 0.89 0.53–1.49
Diabetes 4.12 2.18–7.79**
Systolic blood pressure
 SBP 120–140 mmHG (pre-hypertensive) 3.18 1.90–5.32**
 SBP > 140 mmHG (hypertensive) 5.15 2.59–10.26**
Depression (measured with the PHQ-9)
Mild depression 1.34 0.72–2.52
Moderate/severe 2.94 1.58–5.47**
Poor self-reported health 2.42 1.55–3.76**
Eating out at restaurants per week 0.81 0.71–0.93**
Physical activity barrier (time) 1.91 1.18–3.10**
TV > 1 h per day 1.80 1.14–2.86*
Chronic financial stress 0.77 0.50–1.21
Chronic stress about personal health 0.46 0.27–0.79**

PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9

*

Statistically significant at 0.05 level

**

Statistically significant at 0.01