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Table 4 Associations between life-style behaviors and health outcomes by religious affiliation

From: Association between life-style behaviors and health outcomes in Adventist and non-Adventist adolescents in Mexico: a pilot study

Life-style behaviors

Obesity risk

Risky eating patterns

Dissatisfaction

Distortion

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Model 1a

Model 2b

Model 1a

Model 2b

Model 1a

Model 2b

Model 1a

Model 2b

Adventist adolescents

Hours watching TV

  More than 2 h

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

  2 h or less

2.13

(0.82–5.49)

1.51

(0.55–4.10)

0.45*

(0.21–0.98)

0.44*

(0.20–0.98)

1.05

(0.52–2.09)

1.11

(0.55–2.25)

1.52

(0.73–3.16)

1.56

(0.73–3.32)

Sleeping time

  Less than 7 h

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

  7 h or more

0.92

(0.39–2.17)

0.78

(0.31–1.98)

0.73

(0.32–1.67)

0.73

(0.31–1.70)

0.84

(0.41–1.73)

0.82

(0.39–1.73)

1.01

(0.46–2.23)

1.15

(0.51–2.59)

Sporting activity

  No sports

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

  Sports

0.45*

(0.23–0.87)

0.16**

(0.06–0.46)

0.98

(0.49–1.99)

1.27

(0.53–.3.01)

0.76

(0.42–1.36)

0.90

(0.44–1.84)

0.62

(0.32–1.20)

0.50

(0.22–1.14)

Having breakfast

  No breakfast

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

  Breakfast

0.98

(0.43–2.23)

1.01

(0.42–2.41)

0.56

(0.25–1.25)

0.55

(0.24–1.23)

0.98

(0.49–1.98)

0.96

(0.47–1.95)

0.55

(0.23–1.30)

0.56

(0.23–1.32)

Non-Adventist adolescents

Hours watching TV

  More than two hours

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

  Two hours or less

0.84

(0.34–2.05)

1.20

(0.46–3.15)

1.22

(0.43–3.43)

1.27

(0.43–3.73)

0.58

(0.25–1.31)

0.60

(0.25–1.42)

1.12

(0.45–2.81)

1.07

(0.41–2.80)

Sleeping time

  Less than 7 h

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

  7 h or more

1.32

(0.66–2.65)

1.35

(0.66–2.77)

0.93

(0.40–2.18)

0.88

(0.37–2.09)

1.87

(0.95–3.69)

1.87

(0.94–3.72)

1.01

(0.49–2.06)

1.05

(0.51–2.18)

Sporting activity

  No sporting activity

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

  Sporting activity

1.54

(0.73–3.20)

1.53

(0.63–3.68)

1.01

(0.42–2.43)

1.15

(0.42–3.17)

0.87

(0.43–1.73)

0.70

(0.31–1.56)

0.99

(0.47–2.07)

1.02

(0.43–2.42)

Having breakfast

  No breakfast

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

1 (ref.)

  Breakfast

0.80

(0.39–1.65)

0.89

(0.42–1.88)

1.00

(0.41–2.42)

1.02

(0.41–2.50)

0.81

(0.40–1.62)

0.77

(0.38–1.57)

1.43

(0.69–2.95)

1.42

(0.68–2.96)

  1. Note: a Model 1: Adjusted for the other life-style behaviors; b Model 2: Adjusted for the other life-style behaviors + age, gender, type of residence, place of birth; OR Odds Ratio, 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01