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Table 3 Associations between weight status and abuse (physical abuse, sexual abuse and mental abuse) stratified by gender*

From: The prevalence of physical, sexual and mental abuse among adolescents and the association with BMI status

Ā 

Boys

Girls

Ā 

Crude model

Adjusted modelā€ 

Crude model

Adjusted modelā€ 

Ā 

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Physically abused

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Underweight

1.28

1.06 ā€“ 1.54

1.14

0.93 ā€“ 1.40

1.10

0.92 ā€“ 1.32

1.26

1.03 ā€“ 1.53

Normal weight

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

Overweight

1.33

1.12 ā€“ 1.57

1.06

1.04 ā€“ 1.50

1.51

1.24 ā€“ 1.84

1.00

0.82 ā€“ 1.23

Obesity

4.49

3.37 ā€“ 5.99

1.77

1.29 ā€“ 2.42

3.06

2.02 ā€“ 4.61

1.19

0.72 ā€“ 1.96

Sexually abused

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Underweight

1.08

0.88 ā€“ 1.33

0.99

0.79 ā€“ 1.26

0.84

0.73 ā€“ 0.98

0.83

0.71 ā€“ 0.97

Normal weight

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

Overweight

1.25

1.05 ā€“ 1.49

1.07

0.88 ā€“ 1.29

1.17

0.99 ā€“ 1.40

0.95

0.77 ā€“ 1.16

Obesity

3.82

2.78 ā€“ 5.25

2.49

1.82 ā€“ 3.42

1.85

1.18 ā€“ 2.90

1.11

0.66 ā€“ 1.87

Mentally abused

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Underweight

1.37

1.23 ā€“ 1.53

1.35

1.20 ā€“ 1.53

1.00

0.91 ā€“ 1.11

0.99

0.89 ā€“ 1.10

Normal weight

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

Overweight

1.51

1.35 ā€“ 1.68

1.51

1.35 ā€“ 1.70

1.98

1.78 ā€“ 2.21

1.97

1.75 ā€“ 2.21

Obesity

3.70

2.97 ā€“ 4.60

2.98

2.32 ā€“ 3.83

5.27

4.08 ā€“ 6.80

5.07

3.84 ā€“ 6.70

  1. * Boys; underweight n=22756, overweight n=22714, obesity n=20757. Girls; underweight n=24640, overweight n=22939, obesity n=21442, Italic figures indicate significant result p< .05.
  2. ā€  Adjusted for ethnicity, educational level, parental communication and the remaining subtypes of abuse