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Table 3 Associations (tests of trend) between overweight, obesity, overweight + obesity and environmental factors

From: Associations between neighbourhood environmental characteristics and obesity and related behaviours among adult New Zealanders

 

MODEL 1

MODEL 2

MODEL 3

(Run separately for each environmental factor)

(Run separately for each environmental factor)

(All environmental factors included)

Unadjusted

Adjusted individual factors

Adjusted individual factors and environmental factors

 

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

Overweight

         

 Urban/rural

1.11

1.03,1.19

0.004

1.01

0.94,1.09

0.735

1.01

0.89,1.15

0.843

 NZdep

1.01

0.96,1.06

0.688

1.05

1.00,1.11

0.043

1.06

1.00,1.12

0.034

 Greenspace

1.08

1.03,1.13

0.001

1.04

1.00,1.09

0.073

1.05

1.00,1.11

0.041

 Foodshop

1.06

1.01,1.10

0.017

1.00

0.95,1.05

0.981

0.99

0.93,1.07

0.880

 Gym/pool

1.10

1.06,1.15

0.000

1.02

0.98,1.07

0.374

1.02

0.95,1.09

0.533

 Active travel

0.93

0.89,0.97

0.001

0.98

0.93,1.02

0.282

0.97

0.92,1.03

0.322

Obesity

         

 Urban/rural

1.16

1.08,1.25

<0.001

1.08

1.00,1.17

0.060

1.07

0.93,1.22

0.361

 NZdep

1.23

1.16,1.30

<0.001

1.13

1.07,1.20

<0.001

1.11

1.05,1.18

0.001

 Greenspace

1.14

1.09,1.20

<0.001

1.09

1.04,1.15

0.001

1.08

1.18,1.15

0.007

 Foodshop

1.02

0.97,1.07

0.523

0.98

0.93,1.03

0.429

0.94

0.88,1.02

0.137

 Gym/pool

1.17

1.11,1.23

<0.001

1.06

1.00,1.11

0.042

1.06

0.98,1.15

0.143

 Active travel

0.89

0.85,0.94

<0.001

0.97

0.92,1.02

0.217

0.97

0.91,1.03

0.314

Overweight + obesity

         

 Urban/rural

1.13

1.06,1.20

<0.001

1.08

1.00,1.17

0.060

1.04

0.92,1.17

0.525

 NZdep

1.10

1.05,1.16

<0.001

1.13

1.07,1.20

<0.001

1.08

1.02,1.13

0.004

 Greenspace

1.10

1.06,1.15

<0.001

1.07

1.02,1.11

0.003

1.07

1.01,1.22

0.005

 Foodshop

1.04

1.00,1.08

0.069

0.98

0.93,1.03

0.429

0.97

0.91,1.03

0.320

 Gym/pool

1.13

1.09,1.18

<0.001

1.06

1.00,1.11

0.042

1.04

0.98,1.11

0.217

 Active travel

0.91

0.87,0.95

<0.001

0.97

0.92,1.02

0.217

0.97

0.92,1.03

0.315

  1. Note: Categories: Urban/rural: 1 = Main urban area; 2 = Secondary urban area; 3 = Minor urban area; and 4 = Rural area. Environmental variables: quintiles (1 = best access, 5 = worst access); Deprivation (NZdep) (1 = least deprived, 5 = most deprived).
  2. All bolded values are statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
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