Association between weight perception and socioeconomic status among adults in the Seychelles

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Association between high self-perceived weight and socioeconomic status (SES) among overweight or obese persons

		Education		Occupation		Income		All 3 SES indicators
	N	OR	P	OR	P	OR	P	OR	P
Sex
Men	300	1		1		1		1
Women	482	2.13	0.000	2.39	0.000	2.26	0.000	2.36	0.000
Age
25-44	323	1		1		1		1
45-64	459	0.85	0.420	0.55	0.001	0.52	0.000	0.72	0.110
Body mass index
Overweight	437	1		1		1		1
Obese	345	5.20	0.000	5.38	0.000	4.93	0.000	5.39	0.000
Education
Primary	248	1		-	-	-	-	1
Secondary	360	1.88	0.002	-	-	-	-	1.54	0.055
Postsecondary	174	4.26	0.000	-	-	-	-	2.46	0.009
Occupation
Laborer	320	-	-	1		-	-	1
Intermediate	336	-	-	1.60	0.017	-	-	1.35	0.157
Professional	126	-	-	4.01	0.000	-	-	2.27	0.018
Income
Low	258	-	-	-	-	1		1
Intermediate	445	-	-	-	-	1.18	0.376	0.88	0.520
High	79	-	-	-	-	2.73	0.002	1.21	0.598

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