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Table 3 MLR analyses of cross-sectional associations between stress and behavioural outcomes at T1

From: Associations between psychological stress, eating, physical activity, sedentary behaviours and body weight among women: a longitudinal study

T1 outcomesa

 

βb

Bc

(95% CI)

P

BMI

 

0.13

0.28

(0.17, 0.39)

<0.0005

  

OR

(95% CI)

P

BMI category

    
 

Healthy weight (18.5–24.9 kg m-2)

   
 

Overweight (25.0–29.9 kg m -2 )

1.06

(1.01,1.11)

0.013

 

Obese (BMI 30.0 kg m -2 or more)

1.13

(1.08,1.19)

<0.0005

LTPA (per week)

    
 

Low (≤52 mins)

   
 

Medium (53 mins-4 hours)

0.93

(0.88,0.99)

0.014

 

High (5+ hours)

0.91

(0.86,0.96)

<0.0005

Sitting time (per week)

    
 

Low (≤30 hours)

   
 

Medium (31–52 hours)

1.01

(0.97,1.06)

0.593

 

High (53+ hours)

0.99

(0.95,1.03)

0.622

Television viewing time (per week)

    
 

Low (≤13 hours)

   
 

Medium (14–21 hours)

1.02

(0.97,1.07)

0.447

 

High (22+ hours)

0.99

(0.94,1.03)

0.544

Potato crisps or salty snack foods

    
 

Low (<once/month)

   
 

Medium (1–3 times/month)

1.02

(0.96,1.08)

0.495

 

High (1+ times/week)

1.05

(0.98,1.11)

0.145

Chocolates or lollies

    
 

Low (≤3 times/month)

   
 

Medium (once/week)

0.99

(0.94,1.05)

0.795

 

High (2+ times/week)

1.04

(0.99,1.09)

0.161

Cake, doughnuts and sweet biscuits

    
 

Low (≤3 times/month)

   
 

Medium (once/week)

1.00

(0.96,1.04)

0.954

 

High (2+ times/week)

1.00

(0.96,1.05)

0.890

Pies, pastries or sausage rolls

    
 

Low (<once/month)

   
 

Medium (1–3 times/month)

0.97

(0.93,1.01)

0.114

 

High (1+ times/week)

1.00

(0.93,1.07)

0.953

Fast foods (e.g. McDonalds, KFC)

    
 

Low (<once/month)

   
 

Medium (1–3 times/month)

1.04

(1.00,1.09)

0.069

 

High (1+ times/week)

1.09

(1.02,1.17)

0.010

Pizza

    
 

Low (<once/month)

   
 

Medium (1–3 times/month)

0.97

(0.92,1.02)

0.196

 

High (1+ times/week)

1.01

(0.94,1.08)

0.817

Soft drink (excluding diet soft drink)

    
 

Low (don’t drink soft drink)

   
 

Medium (<1 serve/day)

1.00

(0.95,1.04)

0.930

 

High (1+ serves/day)

1.07

(1.00,1.14)

0.053

  1. a‘Low’ is the reference category for all outcomes.
  2. Note: All analyses controlled for age, education level, marital status, employment status, smoking status, the number of dependent children, country of birth and clustering by neighbourhood. Bolded associations were significant.
  3. bStandardised regression coefficient.
  4. cUnstandardised regression coefficient with 95% confidence interval.
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