Table 2 |
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| Associations between weight status and abuse (physical abuse, sexual abuse and mental abuse)* | ||||
| Crude model | Adjusted model† | |||
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Physically abused | ||||
| Underweight | 1.17 | 1.02 – 1.34 | 1.21 | 1.04 – 1.40 |
| Normal weight | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
| Overweight | 1.39 | 1.23 – 1.58 | 1.02 | 0.89 – 1.18 |
| Obesity | 3.90 | 3.04 – 5.01 | 1.50 | 1.15 – 1.96 |
| Sexually abused | ||||
| Underweight | 0.96 | 0.85 – 1.09 | 0.87 | 0.76 – 1.00 |
| Normal weight | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
| Overweight | 1.15 | 1.00 – 1.31 | 1.01 | 0.87 – 1.18 |
| Obesity | 2.62 | 2.04 – 3.35 | 1.79 | 1.37 – 2.33 |
| Mentally abused | ||||
| Underweight | 1.16 | 1.07 – 1.25 | 1.12 | 1.03 – 1.21 |
| Normal weight | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
| Overweight | 1.65 | 1.54 – 1.77 | 1.72 | 1.60 – 1.85 |
| Obesity | 4.02 | 3.36 – 4.79 | 3.67 | 3.02 – 4.47 |
* Underweight n=47396, overweight n=45653, obesity n=42199, Italic figures indicate significant results p<.05.
† Adjusted for gender, ethnicity, educational level, parental communication and the remaining subtypes of abuse.
Veldwijk et al. BMC Public Health 2012 12:840 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-840
