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Table 2 Country of birth by BMI and Odds Overweight/Obesity, men and women

From: Ethnic differences in overweight and obesity and the influence of acculturation on immigrant bodyweight: evidence from a national sample of Australian adults

 

BMI

Odds Overweight/Obesity

 

Model 1a

Model 2b

Model 3c

Model 1a

Model 2b

Model 3c

 

Coeff

95 % CI

Coeff

95 % CI

Coeff

95 % CI

OR

95 % CrI

OR

95 % CrI

OR

95 % CrI

Men

 Australian born

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 Oceania (excluding Australia)

1.31

(0.62, 2.01)

0.89

(0.21, 1.58)

0.84

(0.16, 1.52)

1.35

(1.00, 1.87)

1.14

(0.83, 1.59)

1.12

(0.81, 1.57)

 North-West Europe

−0.10

(−0.53, 0.32)

−0.52

(−0.94, −0.10)

−0.47

(−0.89, −0.05)

1.10

(0.92, 1.33)

0.87

(0.72, 0.88)

0.88

(0.73, 1.08)

 Southern & Eastern Europe

0.67

(−0.10, 1.45)

0.23

(−0.53, 1.00)

0.24

(−0.52, 1.01)

1.59

(1.11, 2.31)

1.29

(0.89, 1.91)

1.33

(0.91, 1.97)

 N. Africa & The Middle East

1.69

(0.43, 2.94)

1.25

(0.03, 2.47)

1.42

(0.19, 2.64)

1.20

(0.70, 2.11)

0.99

(0.56, 1.81)

1.12

(0.63, 2.08)

 South-East Asia

−0.73

(−1.70, 0.23)

−1.03

(−1.97, −0.09)

−0.90

(−1.84, 0.05)

0.61

(0.41, 0.90)

0.53

(0.35, 0.79)

0.57

(0.37, 0.86)

 North-East Asia

−1.77

(−2.94, −0.59)

−1.75

(−2.89, −0.60)

−1.48

(−2.63, −0.34)

0.35

(0.21, 0.57)

0.33

(0.20, 0.55)

0.36

(0.21, 0.61)

 Southern & Central Asia

−1.25

(−2.19, −0.32)

−1.44

(−2.36, −0.52)

−1.24

(−2.17, −0.32)

0.58

(0.39, 0.84)

0.53

(0.36, 0.78)

0.59

(0.39, 0.88)

 Americas

1.18

(0.02, 2.35)

0.69

(−0.45, 1.83)

0.97

(−0.16, 2.11)

1.37

(0.81, 2.37)

1.11

(0.65, 1.97)

1.23

(0.72, 2.16)

 Sub-Saharan Africa

−0.94

(−2.09, 0.21)

−0.95

(−2.07, 0.18)

−0.77

(−1.89, 0.35)

0.78

(0.48, 1.28)

0.78

(0.47, 1.30)

0.81

(0.49, 1.37)

Women

 Australian born

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 Oceania (excluding Australia)

0.27

(−0.67, 1.22)

−0.19

(−1.11, 0.73)

−0.22

(−1.13, 0.70)

1.22

(0.90, 1.68)

1.05

(0.77, 1.45)

1.05

(0.76, 1.45)

 North-West Europe

−0.25

(−0.79, 0.28)

−0.91

(−1.44, −0.38)

−0.80

(−1.33, −0.28)

0.95

(0.79, 1.13)

0.72

(0.60, 0.87)

0.75

(0.62, 0.90)

 Southern & Eastern Europe

0.69

(−0.26, 1.64)

−0.07

(−1.00, 0.86)

−0.12

(−1.05, 0.80)

1.59

(1.15, 2.21)

1.21

(0.87, 1.70)

1.20

(0.87, 1.69)

 N. Africa & The Middle East

1.47

(−0.37, 3.31)

0.89

(−0.91, 2.69)

0.73

(−1.06, 2.52)

1.52

(0.81, 2.92)

1.36

(0.72, 2.60)

1.31

(0.69, 2.55)

 South-East Asia

−1.96

(−2.89, −1.04)

−2.35

(−3.27, −1.45)

−2.34

(−3.25, −1.43)

0.45

(0.33, 1.60)

0.41

(0.29, 0.56)

0.41

(0.30, 0.57)

 North-East Asia

−4.92

(−6.08, −3.76)

−4.99

(−6.13, −3.85)

−4.93

(−6.06, −3.79)

0.11

(0.06, 0.19)

0.11

(0.06, 0.18)

0.11

(0.06, 0.19)

 Southern & Central Asia

−1.36

(−2.57, −0.15)

−1.54

(−2.73, −0.36)

−1.60

(−2.77, −0.42)

0.67

(0.44, 1.01)

0.63

(0.41, 0.96)

0.64

(0.42, 0.97)

 Americas

−1.27

(−2.52, −0.02)

−1.81

(−3.03, −0.59)

−1.67

(−2.88, −0.45)

0.73

(0.48, 1.12)

0.62

(0.41, 0.95)

0.66

(0.43, 1.00)

 Sub-Saharan Africa

−2.34

(−3.82, −0.86)

−2.54

(−3.99, −1.09)

−2.37

(−3.81, −0.93)

0.45

(0.27, 0.75)

0.42

(0.24, 0.71)

0.44

(0.26, 0.74)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, CrI credible interval
  2. aBase model, no adjustment. bAdjusted for age. cAdjusted for age, area remoteness, education, occupation, household income, neighbourhood disadvantage. Bold p < 0.05