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Table 4 Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of predictors of overweight/obesity in participants by educational stagea

From: The association between obesity and problematic smartphone use among school-age children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Shanghai

Variables

 

Model A: n = 2567

Primary school

OR (95% CI)

Model B: n = 663

Middle school

OR (95% CI)

Model C: n = 2067

High school

OR (95% CI)

Sex

Male

Reference

Reference

Reference

 

Female

0.383 (0.320–0.458)***

0.753 (0.514–1.102)

0.483 (0.390–0.598) ***

Age

 

0.810 (0.702–0.935)**

0.874 (0.713–1.070)

0.933 (0.804–1.083)

Indoor PA time (m/day)

< 30

Reference

Reference

Reference

 

30–60

0.956 (0.774–1.180)

0.894 (0.587–1.361)

1.230 (0.959–1.577)

 

> 60

0.917 (0.710–1.184)

1.296 (0.785–2.138)

0.977 (0.685–1.392)

Outdoor PA time (m/day)

< 30

Reference

Reference

Reference

 

30–60

0.884 (0.700–1.115)

0.806 (0.473–1.375)

1.194 (0.922–1.545)

 

> 60

0.753 (0.584–0.969)

0.809 (0.473–1.384)

1.399 (1.041–1.880)

Academic stressb

 

1.002 (0.918–1.094)

1.092 (0.876–1.362)

1.029 (0.916–1.156)

Mental healthc

Poor

Reference

Reference

Reference

 

Good

0.869 (0.676–1.118)

0.774 (0.502–1.194)

1.156 (0.924–1.446)

Non-smartphone screen time (h/day)

 

1.045 (0.998–1.095)

0.948 (0.861–1.044)

0.982 (0.918–1.050)

PSU for social network (out of 30 points)‡,d

 

0.994 (0.967–1.021)

1.005 (0.960–1.053)

0.986 (0.963–1.008)

PSU for entertainment (out of 20 points)

 

1.030 (1.005–1.057)*

0.995 (0.947–1.045)

1.031 (1.004–1.059) *

PSU for information collection (out of 15 points)

 

0.998 (0.970–1.027)

1.015 (0.951–1.083)

1.006 (0.966–1.046)

  1. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001
  2. PA Physical activity. ‡ PSU: Problematic smartphone use
  3. a Participants with non-zero smartphone screen time were recruited
  4. b Measured on a five-point scale with one question: “Would you say that your study pressure is very much, much, moderate, a little, or none?”
  5. c Measured on the Chinese version of the World Health Organization’s Five-item Well-being Index (WHO-5)
  6. d Dimensions of problematic smartphone use (social network, entertainment, and information collection) were measured on the Revised Problematic Smartphone Use Classification Scale