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Table 4 Multivariate odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of overweight, obesity and abdominal obesity by tertile of the diversity score for grains, vegetables, fruit, dairy and meats

From: The association between dietary diversity score and general and abdominal obesity in Iranian children and adolescents

Variables

Analysis models

Tertile of Dietary Diversity Score

1st (n = 166)

2nd (n = 146)

3rd (n = 144)

Grains

Overweight

Crude

1

2.45 (1.45–4.13)

5.11 (2.90–6.00)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

1.58 (0.81–3.07)

2.72 (1.28–5.77)

Obesity

Crude

1

1.90 (0.83–4.34)

3.74 (1.63–8.60)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

0.78 (0.25–2.42)

0.93 (0.28–3.07)

Abdominal obesity

Crude

1

1.96 (0.83–4.66)

4.18 (1.77–9.85)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

0.74 (0.11–4.90)

1.37 (0.23–8.20)

Vegetables

Overweight

Crude

1

1.39 (0.77–2.48)

1.54 (0.76–3.11)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

1.03 (0.46–2.31)

0.35 (0.12–1.00)

Obesity

Crude

1

0.94 (0.39–2.27)

1.91 (0.71–5.11)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

0.70 (0.18–2.71)

0.58 (0.13–2.67)

Abdominal obesity

Crude

1

1.16 (0.46–2.95)

1.83 (0.63–5.28)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

3.28 (0.28–8.86)

1.16 (0.07–8.02)

Fruits

Overweight

Crude

1

0.96 (0.58–1.58)

0.70 (0.42–1.77)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

1.11 (0.56–2.20)

0.47 (0.22–0.10)

Obesity

Crude

1

0.87 (0.43–1.78)

0.35 (0.14–0.86)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

1.08 (0.39–3.01)

0.19 (0.05–0.74)

Abdominal obesity

Crude

1

0.93 (0.45–1.91)

0.32 (0.12–0.82)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

1.74 (0.63–2.27)

1.20 (0.16–4.05)

Dairy

Overweight

Crude

1

1.53 (0.68–2.79)

0.97 (0.89–3.01)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

2.15 (0.92–4.57)

0.89 (0.39–2.01)

Obesity

Crude

1

3.21 (0.23–4.56)

1.14 (0.52–3.18)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

5.04 (0.68–5.58)

2.98 (0.62–6.42)

Abdominal obesity

Crude

1

2.47 (0.73–5.91)

2.94 (0.63–4.23)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

3.27 (0.24–5.46)

4.75 (0.47–7.61)

Meats

Overweight

Crude

1

3.49 (1.21–6.07)

4.24 (1.38–6.98)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

3.25 (0.82–6.86)

3.23 (0.74–7.13)

Obesity

Crude

1

4.40 (0.59–6.09)

4.34 (0.53–7.43)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

3.02 (0.30–6.10)

1.98 (0.16–4.15)

Abdominal obesity

Crude

1

4.40 (0.59–5.09)

3.30 (0.39–7.70)

Multivariable-adjusted a

1

0.63 (0.01–3.93)

0.23 (0.00–1.94)

  1. aAdjusted for age, sex, energy intake, physical activity, mutual effects of other groups for each group and BMI for abdominal obesity