Eating speed and abdominal adiposity in middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional study in Vietnam

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Association between eating speed and abdominal obesity, excluding participants with missing information on household income (n = 33)

Eating speed	Abdominal obesity^† n (%)	Prevalence ratio (95% confidence interval)
Eating speed	Abdominal obesity^† n (%)	Model 1	Model 2
Slow	271 (55.0)	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
Normal	880 (62.4)	1.14 (1.04, 1.24)	1.14 (1.04, 1.24)
Fast	739 (69.5)	1.26 (1.16, 1.38)	1.29 (1.19, 1.41)
P trend		< 0.001	< 0.001

^†waist-to-heigh ratio ≥ 0.5; ref: reference; Model 1: unadjusted; Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, commune, education, marital status, occupation, household income, smoking, alcohol, physical activity, sleeping hours, adding sugar to beverages, medical history of cancer or diseases of the circulatory system, and using antidiabetic medication

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