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Table 2 Multilevel adjustment for LGB prevalence in school and unhealthy weight-control (fasting, using diet pills or purging)

From: LGB prevalence in schools is associated with unhealthy weight-control behaviors in lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth: a multilevel analysis

Parameters

Empty model (Model 1)

Random intercept, fixed effects contextual variable (Model 2)

Random intercept, fixed effects individual variable (Model 3)

Random intercept, fixed effects (individual + contextual variables) (Model 4)

Random intercept, fixed effects (individual + contextual variables + Interactions) (Model 5a)

Random intercept, fixed effects (individual + contextual variables + Interactions) (Model 5b)

Random intercept, fixed effects (individual + contextual variables + Interactions) (Model 5c)

Fixed part

 Individual factors

  Constant

0.2***[0.2,0.3]

0.2***[0.2,0.3]

0.0***[0.0,0.1]

0.0***[0.0,0.1]

0.0***[0.0,0.1]

0.0***[0.0,0.1]

0.0***[0.0,0.1]

  Age(16–19 vs. 14–15)

  

1.8[1.0,3.4]

1.8[1.0,3.4]

1.8[1.0,3.3]

1.8[1.0,3.3]

1.8[1.0,3.3]

  Gender (female vs. male)

  

1.7**[1.2,2.4]

1.7**[1.2,2.5]

1.7*[1.2,2.5]

1.8*[1.2,2.9]

1.9*[1.1,3.1]

  Family allowance (yes vs. no)

  

1.2[0.8,1.7]

1.2[0.8,1.7]

1.2[0.8,1.7]

1.2[0.8,1.7]

1.2[0.8,1.7]

  LGB (yes vs. no)

  

1.7*[1.0,2.9]

1.9*[1.1,3.2]

1.8*[1.0,3.2]

1.9*[1.1,3.2]

1.9[0.8,4.6]

  Obese (yes vs normal/underweight)

  

2.1**[1.2,3.5]

2.1**[1.2,3.5]

2.1**[1.2,3.5]

2.1**[1.2,3.5]

2.1**[1.3,3.6]

  Trying to lose weight (yes vs. no)

  

2.4***[1.6,3.7]

2.4***[1.6,3.7]

2.4***[1.6,3.7]

2.4***[1.6,3.7]

2.5***[1.6,3.9]

  Victimization (yes vs. no)

  

1.6*[1.1,2.4]

1.6*[1.1,2.4]

1.6*[1.1,2.4]

1.6*[1.1,2.4]

1.6*[1.1,2.4]

  Self-perception of unhappiness (Fully unhappy/not happy vs Fully happy/very happy/happy)

  

1.8**[1.2,2.8]

1.8*[1.1,2.7]

1.8*[1.1,2.7]

1.8**[1.1,2.7]

1.7*[1.1,2.7]

 Cross-level interactions

  LGB prevalence in school (lower quartile) (level2)##LGB (yes vs. no) (level1)

    

1.2[0.3,4.8]

 

3.8[0.6,23.7]

  LGB prevalence in school (lower quartile) (level2) ## Gender (female) (level1)

     

0.8[0.4,1.8]

1.0[0.4,2.2]

  LGB prevalence in school (lower quartile) (level2)##LGB (yes vs. no) (level1))## Gender (female vs. male) (level1)

      

0.0[0.0,1.0]

  LGB (yes vs. no) (level1))## Gender (female vs. male) (level1)

      

0.9 [0.3,2.8]

 Contextual factors (School level)

  LGB prevalence in school (lower vs. middle-lower, middle-higher, and higher quartile)

 

1.0[0.8,1.4]

 

1.5*[1.0,2.2]

1.5[1.0,2.2]

1.7[1.0,3.0]

1.5[0.8,2.9]

 Random part

  Area level variance (Random intercept)

0.2[0.1,0.4]

0.2[0.1,0.4]

0.2[0.0,2.1]

7.2e-1[0,.]

5.83e-06[0,.]

6.27e-06[0,.]

3.72e-07[0,.]

  PCV&

 

-0%

−26.0%

−99.9%

−99.9%

−99.9%

−99.9%

  Median Odds Ratio

MOR = 1.3

MOR = 1.3

MOR = 1.2

MOR = 1.0

MOR = 1.0

MOR = 1.0

MOR = 1.0

  2 Res log-likelihood

2238.1

2238.1

755.8***

751.9***

751.8

751.6

746.1

  Observations

2385

2385

883

883

883

883

883

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001