Obesogenic environments and cardiovascular disease: a path analysis using US nationally representative data

BMC Public Health

Table 6 Effects of Environmental Obesogenicity, Health-compromising behaviors, Physiological Dysregulation, and Covariates on CVD (n = 12,482)

Variable	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval
Environmental obesogencity^*	1.074	1.028 – 1.122
Health-compromising behaviors^*	1.103	1.058 – 1.150
Physiological dysregulation^*	1.075	1.031 – 1.120
Age (in years) ^*	1.663	1.593 – 1.735
Female^a	0.731	0.673 – 0.795
Race/ethnicity^b
Non-Hispanic Black	0.908	0.807 – 1.023
Hispanic	0.712	0.597 – 0.848
Other	0.807	0.678 – 0.960
Degree^c
High school diploma or GED	1.006	0.894 – 1.132
College degree	0.861	0.744 – 0.996
Graduate degree	0.889	0.746 – 1.059
County-level degree^*d	1.080	1.029 – 1.134
County-level Population density^*	1.022	0.974 – 1.072

^*Variables were standardized prior to analysis
^aCompared to male
^bCompared to Non-Hispanic White
^cCompared to No degree
^dCounty-level percent of high school graduates with no college degree of population age 25 +

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