Table 4: Logistic regression of generalized and central obesity on various nutritional variables
| Obesity by BMI | Obesity by WC | |||
| Independent variable | Odds Ratio (95%CI) | p-value | Odds Ratio (95%CI) | p-value |
| Age (≥ 40 vs. < 40) | 1.02 (1.01-1.03) | < 0.0001 | 2.12 (1.72-2.60) | < 0.0001 |
| Gender (M vs. F) | 0.67 (0.55-0.81) | < 0.0001 | 0.60 (0.49-0.73) | < 0.0001 |
| Marital status (Married vs. Un-married) | 2.65 (1.96-3.61) | < 0.0001 | 1.81 (1.39-2.33) | < 0.0001 |
| Physically active (Moderate Activity 150 min/wk. or more vs. No activity)¥ | 0.95 (0.79-1.14) | 0.58 | 0.72 (0.57-0.90) | 0.006 |
| Servings of fruit eaten in a day (≥ 2 vs. < 2)* | 0.96 (0.88-1.05) | 0.4 | 1.15 (0.93-1.42) | 0.19 |
| Servings of vegetables eaten in a day (≥ 3 vs. < 3)* | 1.04 (0.96-1.12) | 0.34 | 1.33 (0.99-1.78) | 0.053 |
| No. of meals per week not prepared at a home (≥ 4 vs. < 4)ǂ | 0.98 (0.94-1.02) | 0.33 | 0.9 (0.70-1.15) | 0.401 |
| No. of days per week eating sweets (≥ 4 days vs. < 4)ǂ | 0.97 (0.94-1.01) | 0.14 | 0.89 (0.73-1.08) | 0.25 |
| No. of days per week drinking sugar sweetened beverages (≥ 4 days vs. < 4)ǂ | 1.06 (1.02-1.10) | 0.01 | 1.12 (0.87-1.40) | 0.38 |
| Fast Food consumption per week (≥ 1 days vs. 0) | 0.98 (0.92-1.04) | 0.52 | 0.84 (0.68-1.03) | 0.102 |