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Table 3 The association between obesity and SES among enrolled adult participants aged 18–80 years by gender and age groups in rural Hanzhong, Shaanxi province in 2010 ab

From: Association of obesity with socioeconomic status among adults of ages 18 to 80 years in rural Northwest China

Class differences

Abdominal obesity

Overweight/obesity

(WC ≥ 85 cm for male and WC ≥ 80 cm for female)

(BMI ≥ 24 kg/m2)

Female

  

Annual net income per capita

  

   Medium

1.23 (0.97, 1.57)

1.38 (1.06, 1.78)*

   High

1.22 (0.96, 1.56)

1.49 (1.16, 1.92)*

Level of education

  

   Medium

0.89 (0.69, 1.14)

0.94 (0.72, 1.23)

   High

0.69 (0.56, 0.86)*

0.78 (0.62, 0.98)*

Male

  

Annual net income per capita

  

   Medium

1.75 (1.24, 2.46)*

1.74 (1.23, 2.47)*

   High

1.52 (1.10, 2.11)*

1.74 (1.25, 2.42)*

Level of education

  

   Medium

1.13 (0.73, 1.74)

1.81 (1.14, 2.86)*

   High

1.64 (1.12, 2.41)*

2.26 (1.50, 3.42)*

Gender differences

  

   Men

1.00

1.00

   Women

1.08 (0.91, 1.28)

0.77 (0.60, 0.98)*

The youngest participants

  

Annual net income per capita

  

   Medium

1.26 (0.81, 1.94)

1.32 (0.84, 2.08)

   High

1.35 (0.88, 2.07)

1.50 (0.97, 2.34)

Level of education

  

   Medium

1.36 (0.79, 2.35)

2.14 (1.16, 3.94)*

   High

1.14 (0.69, 1.90)

1.80 (1.01, 3.19)*

The oldest participants

  

Annual net income per capita

  

   Medium

1.76 (1.29, 2.42)*

1.67 (1.20, 2.30)*

   High

1.18 (0.87, 1.60)

1.29 (0.94, 1.77)

Level of education

  

   Medium

0.88 (0.64, 1.20)

1.01 (0.73, 1.41)

   High

0.96 (0.73, 1.31)

1.19 (0.86, 1.65)

Difference by age groups

  

   The youngest participants

1.00

1.00

   The medium participants

1.58 (1.31, 1.90)*

1.40 (1.16, 1.69)*

   The oldest participants

1.58 (1.32, 1.90)*

1.22 (1.01, 1.47)*

  1. aThe stratified analysis was conducted for all participants and separate multivariate logistic models were fit for each gender groups and age groups when socio-demographic factors and risk factors were adjusted for. The low-SES group was treated as the reference group.
  2. bValues were given as adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) unless otherwise stated.
  3. *Denote P < 0.05.