Skip to main content

Table 3 Estimated marginal means (95% CI) of BMI within NEI categories, stratified by gender, age, and education

From: Income in relation to obesity measures in an East German adult population: findings from the LIFE-Adult-Study

    

NEI (euro)a

    

< 1012

1012 – < 1897.50

≥ 1897.50

Women

< 65 years

Medium/low education

N

531

1012

565

NEI (euro)b

800 (700–933)

1400 (1250–1667)

2200 (2000–2667)

BMI (kg/m2)c

28.1 (27.6–28.6)

27.8 (27.3–28.2)

27.3 (26.7–27.9)

High education

N

177

490

725

NEI (euro)

833 (680–950)

1500 (1333–1667)

2500 (2133–3000)

BMI (kg/m2)

26.0 (25.3–26.8)

25.6 (25.0–26.2)

25.8 (25.1–26.4)

≥ 65 years

Medium/low education

N

278

747

46

NEI (euro)

900 (800–980)

1333 (1200–1467)

2000 (2000–2333)

BMI (kg/m2)

28.7 (28.1–29.3)

28.6 (28.2–28.9)

27.5 (26.1–28.9)

High education

N

49

305

98

NEI (euro)

880 (733–987)

1467 (1280–1667)

2167 (2000–2667)

BMI (kg/m2)

28.7 (27.2–30.1)

27.7 (27.1–28.3)

26.6 (25.5–27.6)

Men

< 65 years

Medium/low education

N

391

826

543

NEI (euro)

750 (650–908)

1400 (1250–1667)

2333 (2000–2667)

BMI (kg/m2)

27.5 (27.0–28.0)

27.9 (27.5–28.3)

28.1 (27.6–28.7)

High education

N

116

363

719

NEI (euro)

800 (668–913)

1467 (1250–1667)

2667 (2200–3333)

BMI (kg/m2)

26.5 (25.8–27.3)

27.1 (26.5–27.7)

27.7 (27.1–28.2)

≥ 65 years

Medium/low education

N

197

532

44

NEI (euro)

910 (800–1000)

1267 (1133–1400)

2000 (2000–2517)

BMI (kg/m2)

28.6 (28.0–29.2)

28.2 (27.9–28.6)

28.9 (27.7–30.1)

High education

N

68

581

196

NEI (euro)

933 (817–1000)

1467 (1333–1650)

2333 (2000–3000)

BMI (kg/m2)

28.8 (27.9–29.8)

27.7 (27.4–28.0)

28.0 (27.5–28.6)

  1. Abbreviation: BMI body mass index, CI confidence intervals, NEI net equivalised income
  2. aCategories of NEI are based on the income distribution in the city of Leipzig in 2013. They represent < 80% (< 1012 €), 80 – < 150% (1012 – < 1897.50 €), and ≥ 150% (≥ 1897.50 €) of the NEI median
  3. bFigures represent medians (interquartile ranges)
  4. cFigures represent estimated marginal means (95% CI), adjusted for age (metric variable), education (metric variable), occupation (metric variable), and employment status (employed, unemployed, inactive – only for participants < 65 years). See Table S1 for the definition of confounding variables