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Table 3 Odds of body weight dissatisfaction by SES: Results of logistic regression models using single SES indicators 1

From: Body weight dissatisfaction by socioeconomic status among obese, preobese and normal weight women and men: results of the cross-sectional KORA Augsburg S4 population survey

 

Normal2

Preobese

Obese

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

 

OR3

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

SES 4 (index)

            

High

0.8

0.3–2.2

0.7

0.4–1.2

2.3

1.4–3.8

1.3

0.7–2.5

3.7

1.8–7.5

1.5

0.4–4.8

Middle

0.5

0.2–1.3

0.8

0.4–1.4

1.5

0.9–2.3

1.1

0.7–1.6

2.1

1.3–3.5

1.0

0.6–1.6

Low

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

Educational level

            

High

0.7

0.3–1.6

1.2

0.7–1.9

1.9

1.3–3.7

1.4

0.8–2.2

2.3

1.3–4.1

3.6

1.0–12.8

Middle

0.6

0.2–1.7

1.1

0.7–1.7

1.6

1.1–2.3

1.6

1.1–2.3

1.8

0.9–3.5

1.5

0.8–3.0

Low

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

Household income

            

High

1.1

0.5–2.8

0.9

0.6–1.5

1.8

1.2–2.7

1.3

0.8–2.2

2.6

1.4–4.7

1.8

0.8–4.2

Middle

0.9

0.4–2.1

0.7

0.5–1.2

1.3

0.9–1.8

1.5

0.9–2.1

1.2

0.8–1.9

1.0

0.6–1.7

Low

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

Occupational status

            

High

0.6

0.4–1.8

0.9

0.5–1.6

1.8

1.2–2.6

0.7

0.4–1.2

2.2

1.3–3.6

0.9

0.4–1.8

Middle

0.8

0.2–1.4

0.9

0.6–1.4

1.8

1.2–2.6

1.1

0.8–1.6

2.2

1.3–3.6

0.9

0.5–1.5

Low

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

  1. Notes: 1Adjusted for BMI, age, family status, place of residence, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, nutritional behavior, and weight reduction dieting;
  2. 2normal weight: 18.5 ≤ BMI < 25; preobese: 25 ≤ BMI < 30; obese: BMI ≥ 30; 3odds ratios in bold indicate p < .05, those in bold italics indicate p = .05;
  3. 4 SES: socioeconomic status.
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