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Table 6 Adjusting ORs and 95% CI for BMI and depressive symptoms

From: Relationship between body mass index and depressive symptoms: the “fat and jolly” hypothesis for the middle-aged and elderly in China

Variables

Male

Female

Total

 

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

Age (years)

1.00

(0.99,1.00)

0.212

0.99

(0.99,1.00)

0.069

0.99

(0.99,1.00)

0.000

Education

 Illiterate

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Less than elementary school

0.43

(0.29,0.64)

0.000

0.62

(0.40,0.94)

0.026

0.42

(0.32,0.56)

0.000

 High school

0.63

(0.47,0.84)

0.002

0.48

(0.36,0.65)

0.000

0.49

(0.40,0.59)

0.000

 Above vocational school

0.91

(0.76,1.09)

0.320

0.89

(0.79,1.00)

0.045

0.81

(0.73,0.89)

0.000

Marital status

 Single

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Married

0.53

(0.44,0.64)

0.000

0.69

(0.59,0.81)

0.000

0.60

(0.53,0.68)

0.000

Hukou

 Non-agricultural hukou

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Agricultural hukou

1.44

(1.19,1.74)

0.000

1.49

(1.24,1.79)

0.000

1.48

(1.30,1.69)

0.000

Current residence

 Urban

1.00

  

1.00

     

 Rural

1.16

(1.01,1.35)

0.042

1.26

(1.11,1.44)

0.001

1.21

(1.09,1.33)

0.000

Smoke

        

0.000

 NO smoke

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Former smoke

1.11

(0.95,1.28)

0.183

0.91

(0.73,1.13)

0.381

0.79

(0.72,0.88)

0.000

 Current smoke

0.91

(0.75,1.11)

0.353

0.87

(0.61,1.25)

0.447

0.67

(0.58,0.78)

0.000

Drinking

        

0.075

 NO

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Less than once a month

0.87

(0.76,0.99)

0.036

1.35

(1.09,1.67)

0.006

0.89

(0.80,0.98)

0.023

 More than once a month

0.87

(0.70,1.06)

0.169

1.27

(1.00,1.63)

0.051

0.95

(0.82,1.11)

0.536

Average hours for one night

0.80

(0.78,0.83)

0.000

0.80

(0.78,0.82)

0.000

0.80

(0.78,0.82)

0.000

Eating meals

        

0.000

 3 meals per day

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

  ≤ 2 meals per day

1.51

(1.27,1.79)

0.000

1.46

(1.25,1.71)

0.000

1.49

(1.33,1.67)

0.000

  ≥ 4 meals per day

0.60

(0.36,1.00)

0.051

0.94

(0.61,1.45)

0.790

0.76

(0.55,1.05)

0.091

Taking no activities

 No

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Yes

0.79

(0.70,0.89)

0.000

0.83

(0.75,0.93)

0.001

0.82

(0.76,0.89)

0.000

Ever been in major accidental injury

 NO

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Yes

1.58

(1.33,1.87)

0.000

1.28

(1.04,1.59)

0.020

1.42

(1.24,1.61)

0.000

Diseases(0-14)

1.28

(1.22,1.34)

0.000

1.30

(1.25,1.36)

0.000

1.30

(1.26,1.34)

0.000

Self-report health status

 Very poor health

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Poor

0.19

(0.12,0.29)

0.000

0.15

(0.09,0.23)

0.000

0.17

(0.12,0.23)

0.000

 Fair

0.18

(0.14,0.24)

0.000

0.22

(0.18,0.28)

0.000

0.20

(0.17,0.24)

0.000

 Good

0.35

(0.29,0.42)

0.000

0.33

(0.28,0.39)

0.000

0.34

(0.30,0.38)

0.000

 Very good

0.56

(0.47,0.66)

0.000

0.54

(0.46,0.63)

0.000

0.55

(0.49,0.61)

0.000

Having regular physical exercises

        

0.046

 No physical exercise

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Less than regular physical exercises

0.88

(0.75,1.03)

0.123

0.87

(0.76,1.00)

0.053

0.88

(0.79,0.97)

0.015

 Regular physical exercises

0.94

(0.81,1.10)

0.469

1.03

(0.90,1.19)

0.654

1.00

(0.90,1.10)

0.929

BMI

        

0.000

 Normal weight

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Under-weight

1.30

(1.04,1.63)

0.024

1.19

(0.96,1.49)

0.114

1.27

(1.08,1.48)

0.003

 Over-weight

0.76

(0.65,0.89)

0.000

0.80

(0.71,0.90)

0.000

0.80

(0.73,0.88)

0.000

 Obese

0.64

(0.50,0.82)

0.000

0.65

(0.55,0.77)

0.000

0.66

(0.58,0.76)

0.000

  1. BMI body mass index, BMI Categories include Underweight (–18.5 kg/m2)/Normal weight (18.5–24 kg/m2)/Overweight (24–28 kg/m2)/Obesity (28– kg/m2)
  2. Hukou: it is an important part of household registration in china and is strictly enforced.Non-agricultural hukou people primarily live in the city and work in factories, public institutions and other workplaces. They have no farm land but have the convenience of city life. Agricultural hukou people primarily live in villages and depend on agriculture and farming for their livelihood