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Table 2 Logistic regression analysis for overweight, obesity and abdominal obesity by gender, age group, marital status and educational level

From: Marital status and educational level associated to obesity in Greek adults: data from the National Epidemiological Survey

 

Overweight

Obesity

Abdominal obesity

Predictor

Odds Ratio (95%CI)

P

Odds Ratio (95%CI)

P

Odds Ratio (95%CI)

P

Gender

      

Male

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 

Female

0.50 (0.46-0.54)

< 0.001

0.72 (0.67-0.78)

< 0.001

1.52 (1.42-1.64)

< 0.001

Age group

      

18-39

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 

40-64

1.42 (1.30-1.56)

< 0.001

1.64 (1.48-1.82)

< 0.001

1.57 (1.45-1.71)

< 0.001

> 65

1.52 (1.23-1.88)

< 0.001

2.30 (1.90-2.79)

< 0.001

2.43 (1.99-2.97)

< 0.001

Marital status

      

Not married

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 

Married

1.67 (1.45-1.93)

< 0.001

1.62 (1.35-1.94)

< 0.001

2.14 (1.87-2.45)

< 0.001

Divorced

1.61 (1.25-2.08)

< 0.001

1.38 (1.02-1.87)

< 0.05

2.20 (1.73-2.80)

< 0.001

Widowed

1.94 (1.47-2.57)

< 0.001

2.44 (1.85-3.22)

< 0.001

2.54 (1.95-3.31)

< 0.001

Educational level

      

None

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 

Primary school

1.02 (0.84-1.25)

0.833

0.83 (0.69-1.00)

0.045

0.97 (0.81-1.17)

0.776

High school

0.94 (0.77-1.15)

0.567

0.76 (0.63-0.91)

0.003

0.98 (0.81-1.17)

0.791

University

0.99 (0.81-1.22)

0.934

0.72 (0.59-0.87)

0.001

0.99 (0.82-1.19)

0.922