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Table 2 β coefficients and 95% Confidence Intervals of the linear regression models

From: Economic crisis and obesity in the Canary Islands: an exploratory study through the relationship between body mass index and educational level

 

Total

Men

Women

β

95% CI

β

95% CI

β

95% CI

Intercept

20.58a

19.87–21.28

19.91a

18.96–20.85

20.19a

19.21–21.17

Gender

− 0.13a

− 0.16 - −0.10

Age

0.23a

0.21–0.26

0.25a

0.22–0.29

0.22a

0.18–0.26

Age squared

− 0.002a

− 0.002 - −0.0015

− 0.002a

− 0.0024 - −0.0017

− 0.002a

− 0.002 - −0.0013

Educational attainment

 LE

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 ME

−0.80a

−1.12 - −0.48

− 0.49b

− 0.93 - −0.05

− 1.06a

− 1.50 - −0.61

 HE

−2.22a

−2.69 - −1.75

− 0.85b

− 1.51 - −0.20

− 3.18a

−3.83 - −2.52

Island of residence

 El Hierro

0

− 0.38 - 0.37

0.50c

− 0.03 - 1.04

− 0.32

− 0.85 - 0.20

 La Gomera

− 0.46b

− 0.83 - −0.08

− 0.35

− 0.87 - 0.18

− 0.50c

−1.02 - 0.02

 La Palma

0.24

−0.08 - 0.57

0.07

−0.39 - 0.53

0.39c

−0.05 - 0.84

 Tenerife

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Gran Canaria

0.46a

0.27 – 0.64

0.41a

0.15–0.67

0.51a

0.25–0.77

 Lanzarote

0.10

− 0.21 - 0.41

0.22

−0.20 - 0.63

0.04

−0.41 - 0.49

 Fuerteventura

0.29c

−0.03 - 0.62

0.21

−0.21 - 0.63

0.40

−0.08 - 0.88

Year

 2004

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 2009

0.33b

0.02–0.64

− 0.15

−0.61 - 0.3

0.59a

0.16–1.01

 2015

0.06

−0.27 - 0.39

0.12

−0.34 - 0.59

0

−0.45 - 0.45

 LE2009

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 ME2009

−0.41c

− 0.82 - 0.01

0.25

−0.34 - 0.83

− 0.80c

−1.38 - −0.22

 HE2009

0.12

−0.50 - 0.73

0.25

−0.60 - 1.11

0.01

−0.85 - 0.87

 LE2015

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 ME2015

−0.14

−0.56 - 0.29

−0.17

− 0.76 - 0.42

−0.09

− 0.69 - 0.5

 HE2015

0.15

−0.46 - 0.76

−0.46

−1.32 - 0.40

0.63

−0.21 - 1.47

  1. LE refers to low education, ME to medium education and HE to high education, CI refers to confidence intervals.
  2. a Statistical significance at 99% confidence; b Statistical significance at 95% confidence; c Statistical significance at 90% confidence