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Table 4 Association between overweight, obesity, overweight+obesity and environmental factors adjusted for socio-demographic and other environmental factors

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

 

Category 1

Category 2

Category 3

Category 4

Category 5

 
  

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

p trend

Overweight

              

 Urban/rural

Reference

0.82

0.64,1.05

0.113

0.99

0.70,1.42

0.970

1.16

0.77,1.73

0.478

   

0.843

 NZdep

Reference

1.19

0.98,1.44

0.078

1.10

0.89,1.34

0.378

1.21

0.97,1.49

0.089

1.34

1.05,1.72

0.018

0.034

 Greenspace

Reference

1.38

1.24,1.68

0.001

1.14

0.93,1.39

0.215

1.32

1.08,1.63

0.008

1.34

1.04,1.73

0.022

0.041

 Foodshop

Reference

0.97

0.80,1.18

0.773

0.99

0.81,1.20

0.909

1.04

0.82,1.32

0.753

0.82

0.55,1.18

0.265

0.880

 Gym/pool

Reference

0.98

0.81,1.18

0.805

1.01

0.83,1.24

0.892

1.13

0.86,1.47

0.338

1.07

0.79,1.44

0.678

0.533

 Active travel

Reference

1.00

0.82,1.23

0.973

1.06

0.85,1.34

0.586

1.03

0.83,1.27

0.811

0.89

0.70,1.13

0.340

0.322

Obesity

              

 Urban/rural

Reference

1.13

0.86,1.48

0.385

1.30

0.87,1.96

0.204

1.09

0.71,1.69

0.688

   

0.361

 NZdep

Reference

0.93

0.74,1.17

0.537

1.04

0.82,1.33

0.749

1.18

0.93,1.51

0.177

1.56

1.20,2.04

0.001

0.001

 Greenspace

Reference

1.00

0.79,1.26

0.521

0.97

0.77,1.22

0.797

1.30

1.02,1.65

0.032

1.42

1.08,1.87

0.012

0.007

 Foodshop

Reference

0.75

0.61,0.94

0.010

0.90

0.73,1.12

0.343

0.79

0.61,1.04

0.088

0.67

0.45,0.99

0.046

0.137

 Gym/pool

Reference

0.91

0.74,1.12

0.375

1.23

0.98,1.55

0.073

0.94

0.68,1.30

0.704

1.18

0.83,1.68

0.365

0.143

 Active travel

Reference

1.15

0.90,1.48

0.269

1.16

0.88,1.54

0.291

1.10

0.84,1.46

0.485

0.90

0.67,1.21

0.497

0.314

Overweight+obesity

              

 Urban/rural

Reference

0.93

0.74,1.18

0.575

1.13

0.82,1.56

0.460

1.15

0.80,1.65

0.463

   

0.525

 NZdep

Reference

1.09

0.91,1.31

0.328

1.06

0.88,1.28

0.547

1.17

0.97,1.42

0.109

1.43

1.14,1.78

0.002

0.004

 Greenspace

Reference

1.23

1.03,1.47

0.023

1.08

0.90,1.29

0.433

1.34

1.11,1.61

0.002

1.39

1.10,1.75

0.006

0.005

 Foodshop

Reference

0.88

0.74,1.04

0.128

0.94

0.79,1.11

0.437

0.92

0.74,1.14

0.444

0.74

0.53,1.03

0.079

0.320

 Gym/pool

Reference

0.96

0.81,1.14

0.675

1.11

0.93,1.33

0.247

1.07

0.83,1.37

0.598

1.11

0.84,1.48

0.455

0.217

 Active travel

Reference

1.09

0.89,1.32

0.401

1.12

0.90,1.39

0.313

1.10

0.89,1.36

0.379

0.91

0.73,1.15

0.428

0.315

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