The Association of General and Central Obesity with Dietary Patterns and Socioeconomic Status in Adult Women in Botswana

Table 6

Multivariate relative risks and confidence intervals for quartiles of food patterns associated with the risk of general and central obesity.

Multivariate model for obesity adjusting for age
Botswana traditional food pattern					0.023				0.059
	Level 1		Ref	1			Ref
	Tertile 1	134	1.25	0.92, 1.71	0.154	1.4	1.17	0.96, 1.44	0.129
	Tertile 2	137	1.07	0.76, 1.50	0.704	1.2	1.17	0.95, 1.45	0.148
	Tertile 3	137	1.55	1.18, 2.04	0.002	1.7	1.27	1.06, 1.53	0.014
Fish & nut pattern									0.008
	Level 1						Ref
	Tertile 1	112				0.8	0.97	0.74, 1.26	0.805
	Tertile 2	112				1.3	1.15	0.93, 1.43	0.208
	Tertile 3	112				2.0	1.40	1.17, 1.68	<0.001
Multivariate model for obesity adjusting for age, education, and total energy intake
Botswana traditional food pattern					0.119				0.716
	Level 1		Ref	1			Ref
	Tertile 1	134	1.16	0.85, 1.57	0.347	1.4	1.15	0.85, 1.56	0.372
	Tertile 2	137	1.04	0.75, 1.44	0.827	1.2	1.03	0.74, 1.44	0.857
	Tertile 3	137	1.40	1.07, 1.84	0.013	1.7	1.42	1.08, 1.86	0.012
Fish & nut pattern									0.236
	Level 1						Ref
	Tertile 1	112				0.8	1.04	0.75, 1.46	0.799
	Tertile 2	112				1.3	1.02	0.74, 1.41	0.882
	Tertile 3	112				2.0	0.89	0.65, 1.25	0.526