Research Article

Comparing Adult Males and Females in the United States to Examine the Association between Body Mass Index and Frequent Mental Distress: An Analysis of Data from BRFSS 2011

Table 3

Relationship of lifestyle factors, chronic disease, and BMI among adults in the United States, BRFSS 2011.

Variable Categories Number of respondentsa %cFMD
Number of respondents%dUnadjusted OR95% CI

Tobacco useNever used tobacco or smoked <100 cigarettes in life26034353.82207917.991
Everyday6814015.871441821.162.982.84–3.14***
Some of the days but not everyday256696.63438217.072.262.09–2.46***
Previous user of smokeless tobacco or smoked <100 cigarettes in life14033923.68138969.901.271.21–1.34***

Alcohol use Did not use alcohol at all in the previous 30 days22492245.142790912.411
Drank at least once in the past 30 days but not a heavy or binge drinker16792835.24135588.070.640.61–0.67***
Heavy drinker74261.226689.000.730.62–0.85***
Binge drinker6005518.41719011.970.960.90–1.01

Dietary practice (daily intake of fruits, fruit juice, vegetables, and beans)None of them10510.2528326.931
One of them98242.13177318.050.810.57–1.15
Two of them466589.52676314.490.620.44–0.87**
Three of them16605733.181876711.300.470.33–0.65***
All of them25492154.92240419.430.380.27–0.54***

Physical activity in previous 30 days No physical activity or exercise other than regular work12686725.522024015.951
Met aerobic and strengthening guidelines8523119.7260847.140.440.41–0.47***
Met aerobic guidelines15167029.72130098.580.530.50–0.55***
Met strengthening guidelines227986.1220468.970.510.46–0.57***
Met neither guideline but had physical activity8799118.92975911.090.670.64–0.71***

Number of chronic diseases ever diagnoseddNone of them15742238.28110827.041
One13004823.06124329.561.521.44–1.61***
Two9982413.901150311.521.901.79–2.02***
Three652888.04938114.372.382.23–2.54***
Four307693.43583118.953.222.99–3.47***
Five105361.10259924.674.263.85–4.72***
Six24470.2275130.695.864.93–6.98***
Seven3680.0313636.969.766.53–14.61***

BMI categorybNormal16046534.88148129.231
Underweight80431.86123515.351.741.53–1.98***
Overweight17060135.85159349.341.020.97–1.07
Obese13070027.411884614.421.621.54–1.69***

BMI: body mass index; CI: confidence interval; FMD: frequent mental distress; OR: odds ratio.
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The total number of respondents for the variables differs because of unequal number of missing values.
The number of respondents within each category differs from that in Table 1, because all individuals with missing responses for BMI and FMD are excluded.
Weighted percentage of respondents in each category out of the total number of respondents for that characteristic.
Percentage with FMD among respondents within each category.