Variation in the effects of family background and birth region on adult obesity: results of a prospective cohort study of a Great Depression-era American cohort

Table 4 Regional factors associated with adult obesity: odds ratios from logistic models at age 50–61 among women

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5		Model 6
Birth region fixed effects	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Yield of wheat / 10	1.12	0.83, 1.51									1.13	0.76, 1.69
Yield of corn / 10	1.10	0.96, 1.26									1.18	0.94, 1.48
Yield of hay / 10	0.15	0.00, 11.93									0.05	0.00, 8.85
Yield of oats / 10	1.01	0.81, 1.25									1.06	0.83, 1.34
Per capita income / 1000			1.83	1.04, 3.23					2.37	1.01, 5.52	0.91	0.21, 3.97
Manufacturing employment index					1.00	1.00, 1.00					1.00	1.00, 1.00
Nonmanufacturing employment index					1.01	1.00, 1.02					1.01	0.99, 1.02
Infant mortality rate / 100							0.27	0.08, 0.96	0.57	0.13, 2.43	1.02	0.13, 8.07

Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, SD standard deviation
All models control for individual characteristics, including birth date, race-ethnicity, marital status, education, income, net wealth, lifetime occupation, current residential place, smoking status, physical activity, mother’s education, early life financial status, father lost job, received financial help, and family moved for financial reasons

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