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Table 5 Association between medicine expenses and presence of obese in households. Brazil, 2008–2009

From: Medicine expenses and obesity in Brazil: an analysis based on the household budget survey

Variables

Monthly household per capita medicine expenses

Adjusted analyses

Logistic regressionc

Linear regressiond

Predicted (TPM combined)

Coefficient

Coefficient

Coefficient

[95 % CI]

[95 % CI]

[95 % CI]

Presence of obese in householda,b

(0 = no; 1 = yes)

0.29

3.15

3.35

[0.21; 0.37]

[1.03; 5.28]

[1.54; 5.15]

Proportion of elderly (65 years or older)

0.84

32.30

29.26

[0.66; 1.02]

[28.21; 36.40]

[25.78; 32.73]

Proportion of children under 2 years

1.71

−14.30

−7.96

[1.29; 2.12]

[−18.38;−10.23]

[−11.51;−4.41]

Proportion of children (2–9 years)

0.37

−22.31

−17.93

[0.13; 0.61]

[−25.51;−18.87]

[−20.87;−14.98]

Proportion of adolescents (10–19 years)

0.26

−17.87

−14.45

[0.07; 0.45]

[−25.74;−18.87]

[−16.99;−11.92]

Proportion of women

0.95

11.82

12.25

[0.78; 1.13]

[8.45; 15.19]

[9.36; 15.14]

Presence of pregnant women

0.12

3.18

2.96

[−0.08; 0.32]

[−6.11; 12.48]

[−4.90; 10.83]

Monthly per capita household income

0.00

0.01

0.01

[0.00; 0.00]

[0.01; 0.01]

[0.00; 0.01]

Region (0 = North and Northeast; 1 = Mid-South)

0.00

6.31

5.33

[−0.08; 0.08]

[5.37; 7.25]

[4.50; 6.15]

Area (0 = rural; 1 = urban)

0.11

1.82

1.80

[0.01; 0.21]

[0.72; 2.93]

[0.83; 2.77]

  1. aIncludes individuals of all age groups and excluding pregnant women
  2. bClassification according to recommendations by the World Health Organization for each age group: BMI above 30 kg/m2, for adults and elderly, +3 z-scores, for children under 5 years, and +2 z-scores, for children and adolescents (5 –19 years)
  3. c n = 55,970
  4. d n = 46,240