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Table 7 Risk factors for being overweight or obese among Swedish girls and boys (n = 11,222)

From: Dietary intake, leisure time activities and obesity among adolescents in Western Sweden: a cross-sectional study

Risk factor

Bivariate model

Multivariate modelsa

 

Odds Ratios (95 % CI)

Odds Ratios (95 % CI)

Sex

   

 Girls

1.0

  

 Boys

1.65 (1.48, 1.83)

  
  

Girls

Boys

Grown up in Sweden

   

 Yes

1.0

  

 No

0.85 (0.52, 1.38)

  

 Partly

0.89 (0.66, 1.21)

  

Living area

   

 Rural

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Urban, general

0.79 (0.71, 0.89)

0.74 (0.61, 0.91)

0.82 (0.70, 0.98)

 Urban, inner city

0.70 (0.59, 0.83)

0.55 (0.40, 0.75)

0.64 (0.49, 0.84)

Housing style

   

 Apartment

1.0

1.0

1.0

 Row house

0.75 (0.62, 0.90)

0.67 (0.49, 0.92)

0.71 (0.55, 0.93)

 Own residency

0.87 (0.76, 0.99)

0.74 (0.58, 0.94)

0.77 (0.63, 0.95)

Vegetables daily

   

 Yes

1.0

1.0

1.0

 No

1.20 (1.08, 1.33)

1.01 (0.84, 1.22)

1.05 (0.91, 1.22)

Fruit daily

   

 Yes

1.0

  

 No

0.98 (0.88, 1.08)

  

Fish weekly

   

 Yes

1.0

1.0

1.0

 No

1.17 (1.04, 1.32)

1.03 (0.84, 1.26)

1.09 (0.91, 1.30)

Regular physical activity

   

 Yes

1.0

1.0

1.0

 No

1.66 (1.49, 1.84)

1.57 (1.31, 1.87)

1.56 (1.34, 1.81)

Time spent outdoors per wk

   

  > 7 h

1.0

  

  ≤ 7 h

1.12 (1.01, 1.24)

1.14 (0.95, 1.36)

1.04 (0.90, 1.21)

Time spent on computer games per wk

   

  > 7 h

1.0

1.0

1.0

  ≤ 7 h

0.71 (0.64, 0.80)

0.81 (0.55, 1.19)

0.99 (0.86, 1.15)

Time spent on internet per wk

   

  > 7 h

1.0

  

  ≤ 7 h

0.98 (0.88, 1.10)

  

Time spend watching TV per wk

   

  > 7 h

1.0

  

  ≤ 7 h

0.90 (0.81, 1.00)

  
  1. aAll variables that were significant in the bivariate models were included in the multivariate models for girls and boys, respectively