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Table 4 Associations between weight status and abuse (physical abuse, sexual abuse and mental abuse) stratified by educational level*

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

Ā 

Vocational secondary education

Higher secondary education

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

1.23

1.03 ā€“ 1.45

1.23

1.02 ā€“ 1.49

1.12

0.94 ā€“ 1.35

1.17

0.96 ā€“ 1.42

Normal weight

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

Overweight

1.22

1.04 ā€“ 1.43

1.04

0.87 ā€“ 1.25

1.69

1.35 ā€“ 2.11

1.02

0.80 ā€“ 1.30

Obesity

3.38

2.55 ā€“ 4.49

1.60

1.17 ā€“ 2.19

4.60

3.00 ā€“ 7.06

1.27

0.79 ā€“ 2.04

Sexually abused

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Underweight

0.98

0.83 ā€“ 1.16

0.89

0.74 ā€“ 1.07

0.95

0.79 ā€“ 1.15

0.85

0.70 ā€“ 1.04

Normal weight

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

Overweight

1.05

0.90 ā€“ 1.23

1.12

0.85 ā€“ 1.21

1.25

0.97 ā€“ 1.59

1.02

0.77 ā€“ 1.34

Obesity

2.24

1.73 ā€“ 2.90

1.69

1.28 ā€“ 2.22

2.94

1.73 ā€“ 5.01

2.14

1.25 ā€“ 3.69

Mentally abused

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Underweight

1.23

1.11 ā€“ 1.37

1.15

1.02 ā€“ 1.30

1.10

1.00 ā€“ 1.21

1.09

0.99 ā€“ 1.20

Normal weight

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

Overweight

1.42

1.28 ā€“ 1.57

1.47

1.32 ā€“ 1.65

2.06

1.84 ā€“ 2.31

2.13

1.87 ā€“ 2.41

Obesity

3.85

3.11 ā€“ 4.76

3.70

2.90 ā€“ 4.72

4.18

3.08 ā€“ 5.66

3.57

2.58 ā€“ 4.93

  1. * Vocational secondary school; underweight n=22661, overweight n=22460, obesity n=20369. Higher secondary education; underweight n=24716, overweight n=23176, obesity n=21812, Italic figures indicate significant result p<.05.
  2. ā€  Adjusted for gender, ethnicity, parental communication and the remaining subtypes of abuse.