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Table 3 Mutually adjusted associations between sociodemographic-/lifestyle factors and median change in body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 741)

From: Changes in lifestyle, adiposity, and cardiometabolic markers among young adults in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

Median change BMI (kg/m2)

Median change body fat (%)

Adj Beta-coeficient1

95% CI

P-value

Adj Beta-coeficient1

95% CI

P-value

Male sex

0.19

-0.14, 0.52

0.25

0.83

0.16, 1.51

0.02

Parental white-collar worker

-0.16

-0.63, 0.32

0.52

-0.10

-1.08, 0.88

0.84

Parent born outside of Scandinavia

0.76

0.30, 1.21

0.001

0.93

-0.00, 1.87

0.05

Low education2

0.14

-0.19, 0.47

0.40

0.33

-0.34, 1.01

0.32

Worker2

-0.06

-0.41, 0.29

0.72

0.37

-0.36, 1.09

0.32

Underweight2

0.64

-0.03, 1.30

0.06

1.57

0.19, 2.94

0.03

Overweight2

0.14

-0.27, 0.57

0.49

-0.10

-0.97, 0.77

0.82

Obesity2

1.45

0.52, 2.39

0.002

0.37

-1.57, 2.30

0.71

Smoking2

0.28

-0.14, 0.70

0.20

0.80

-0.07, 1.67

0.07

Snuff use2

-0.07

-0.56, 0.42

0.77

-0.30

-1.31, 0.71

0.56

High physical activity2

-0.09

-0.41, 0.22

0.56

0.17

-0.48, 0.82

0.62

  1. 1Analyzed using multivariable mutually adjusted quantile regression models
  2. 2Assessed in the 24-year follow-up in 2016–2019