Obesity and cardio-metabolic risk factors in urban adults of Benin: Relationship with socio-economic status, urbanisation, and lifestyle patterns

Table 7 Multiple linear regression of biological variables on lifestyle factors

	BMI*		WC**		HDL-Chol**		TG**		SBP**		DBP**		FPG**
	B	P	β	p	β	p	β	P	β	P	β	p	β	p
DQS	0.01	0.819	-0.01	0.662	-0.06	0.446	0.01	0.979	-0.03	0.612	-0.04	0.522	0.05	0.542
SS	-0.05	0.374	-0.06	0.050	-0.11	0.106	-0.12	0.077	-0.03	0.709	-0.09	0.187	0.02	0.840
ACS	-0.03	0.657	-0.07	0.028	0.04	0.558	-0.03	0.672	0.03	0.686	-0.03	0.693	0.05	0.468
PAS	-0.43	<0.001	-0.09	0.036	0.10	0.280	-0.05	0.549	-0.23	0.012	-0.24	0.010	-0.15	0.123
R²***	0.40		0.83		0.16		0.25		0.26		0.22		0.12

* The model includes age, sex, SES, and lifestyle factors.
** The model includes age, sex, SES, BMI and lifestyle factors.
*** All of the models' R² were significant
DQS: Diet quality score; SS: Smoking score; ACS: Alcohol consumption score; PAS: Physical activity score BMI: Body mass index; WC: Waist circumference; HDL-chol: High density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: Triglycerides; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; FPG: Fasting plasma glucose.

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