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Table 3 Weighted Prevalence Odd-ratios (POR weighted ) for obese or overweight vs. healthy weight and socio-demographic variables (n = 1534) 1

From: High prevalence of overweight and obesity among a representative sample of Puerto Rican children

 

Overweight2

Obese2

Crude

Adjusted3

Crude

Adjusted3

Gender

Boys4

1.12 (0.80, 1.58)

1.11 (0.79, 1.57)

1.64 (1.18, 2.29)

1.66 (1.17, 2.35)

School type

Public5

0.78 (0.47, 1.30)

0.81 (0.50, 1.32)

0.76 (0.38, 1.50)

0 .72 (0.37, 1.42)

Zone

Metro6

1.23 (0.604, 2.51)

1.20 (0.58, 2.46)

0.74 (0.33, 1.65)

0.65 (0.31, 1.37)

Coast6

1.20 (0.56, 2.57)

1.18 (0.55, 2.56)

0.67 (0.32, 1.39)

0.69 (0.30, 1.58)

  1. 1Underweight Children were excluded of the multinomial logistic regression models.
  2. 2Reference outcome (normal).
  3. 3Adjusted by gender, type of school, and region.
  4. 4Reference category: girls.
  5. 5Reference category: private school.
  6. 6Reference category: Center/Mountain Zone.