Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios (OR and 95% CI) for overweight and obese Québec and Jamaican children by selected characteristics, by sex and by both sexes combined
From: Household food insecurity and childhood overweight in Jamaica and Québec: a gender-based analysis
Overweight or obese Québec children# | Overweight or obese Jamaican children## | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Category | Girls | Boys | All | Girls | Boys | All |
Family SES | Tertile 1 (Low) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Tertile 2 (Middle) | 0.87 (0.5-1.5) | 0.92 (0.5-1.6) | 0.89 (0.6-1.3) | 1.87 (1.0-3.4)* | 1.75 (0.8-3.9) | 1.83(1.1-3.0)* | |
Tertile 3 (High) | 0.97 (0.5-1.7) | 0.91 (0.5-1.7) | 0.95 (0.6-1.4) | 1.74 (0.9-3.3) | 2.37 (1.2-4.9)* | 2.00(1.3-3.2)* | |
Family type | Two-parent family | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Blended family | 0.91 (0.5-1.7) | 1.14 (0.6-2.2) | 1.0 (0.7-1.6) | 1.0 (0.6-1.6) | 0.59 (0.3-1.6) | 0.82(0.6-1.2) | |
Single-parent family | 1.82 (0.9-3.4) | 1.37 (0.7-2.5) | 1.63 (1.0-2.5)* | 0.79 (0.4-1.3) | 0.69(0.3-1.2) | 0.74(0.5-1.1) | |
Household food insecurity | No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 4.99 (2.4-10.5)* | 1.56 (0.7-3.3) | 3.03 (1.8-5.0)* | 0.72 (0.4-1.2) | 0.58 (0.3-1.3) | 0.65(0.4-0.9)* | |