Stress-related eating, obesity and associated behavioural traits in adolescents: a prospective population-based cohort study

BMC Public Health

Table 7 Unadjusted and adjusted associations between the three identified health behaviour clusters and obesity measures

Degree of obesity and latent cluster	Girls				Boys
	Unadjusted		Adjusted^a		Unadjusted		Adjusted^a
	n	OR (95% CI)	n	OR (95% CI)	n	OR (95% CI)	n	OR (95% CI)
Normal weight/underweight	2939	Ref.	2922	Ref.	2533	Ref.	2513	Ref.
Overweight
Unbalanced weight control	179	2.24 (1.70, 2.97)	177	2.22 (1.67, 2.94)	181	3.00 (2.35, 3.82)	178	2.98 (2.34, 3.81)
Adverse habits	111	1.54 (1.14, 2.08)	111	1.54 (1.14, 2.09)	73	1.43 (1.06, 1.93)	72	1.42 (1.05, 1.93)
Healthy lifestyle	78	Ref.	78	Ref.	136	Ref.	134	Ref.
	368		366		390		384
Obesity
Unbalanced weight control	48	2.47 (1.44, 4.23)	47	2.49 (1.43, 4.33)	56	3.08 (2.03, 4.65)	55	3.01 (1.98, 4.56)
Adverse habits	31	1.76 (0.99, 3.15)	31	1.79 (0.99, 3.23)	26	1.69 (1.02, 2.79)	24	1.54 (0.92, 2.58)
Healthy lifestyle	19	Ref.	18	Ref.	41	Ref.	41	Ref.
	98		96		123		120

^aLogistic regression analysis adjusted for maternal basic education level (comprehensive school or upper secondary school) and parental interest in their child’s schooling and hobbies (never/seldom or almost always).
Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, Ref. reference category.