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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis for overweight, obesity and abdominal obesity by marital status and educational level in both genders (age was entered as a covariate in the model)

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

  

Multinomial regression vs body mass

 
  

Overweight

Obesity

Abdominal obesity

Gender

Predictor

Odds Ratio

(95%CI)

P

Odds Ratio (95%CI)

P

Odds Ratio (95%CI)

P

Male

Marital status

      
 

Not married

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 
 

Married

2.12 (1.80-2.50)

< 0.001

2.28 (1.85-2.81)

< 0.001

3.40 (2.86-4.03)

< 0.001

 

Divorced

2.26 (1.41-3.61)

< 0.001

2.39 (1.52-3.78)

< 0.001

3.12 (2.05-4.76)

< 0.001

 

Widowed

1.55 (0.92-2.59)

0.098

2.40 (1.46-3.95)

< 0.001

3.53 (2.21-5.66)

< 0.001

 

Education level

      
 

None

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 
 

Primary school

0.84 (0.61-1.14)

0.257

0.91 (0.69-1.20)

0.495

0.98 (0.74-1.28)

0.867

 

High school

0.77 (0.56-1.04)

0.086

0.83 (0.63-1.09)

0.179

0.98 (0.75-1.28)

0.891

 

University

0.85 (0.62-1.16)

0.296

0.79 (0.60-1.05)

0.108

0.97 (0.74-1.27)

0.805

Female

Marital status

      
 

Not married

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 
 

Married

2.14 (1.73-2.64)

< 0.001

2.31 (1.73-3.10)

< 0.001

2.40 (2.00-2.88)

< 0.001

 

Divorced

1.90 (1.38-2.62)

< 0.001

1.63 (1.06-2.49)

< 0.05

2.38 (1.77-3.20)

< 0.001

 

Widowed

3.21 (2.33-4.41)

< 0.001

5.12 (3.60-7.28)

< 0.001

4.36 (3.24-5.86)

< 0.001

 

Education level

      
 

None

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 

1.00 (Ref.)

 
 

Primary school

1.22 (0.93-1.58)

0.148

0.76 (0.60-0.96)

< 0.05

0.92 (0.72-1.17)

0.497

 

High school

1.04 (0.80-1.35)

0.770

0.58 (0.46-0.74)

< 0.001

0.79 (0.63-1.00)

0.051

 

University

1.15 (0.88-1.51)

0.296

0.64 (0.49-0.81)

< 0.001

0.92 (0.72-1.18)

0.518