Table 4

Odds of being obese versus ‘normal’ or overweight and neighbourhood deprivation—multilevel logistic regression

OR (95% CI)
Model 1Model 2Model 3
Fixed part
 Age (years)1.144 (1.128 to 1.161)1.144 (1.128 to 1.161)1.159 (1.141 to 1.177)
 Age20.999 (0.999 to 0.999)0.999 (0.999 to 0.999)0.999 (0.998 to 0.999)
 Gender (ref: male)
  Female1.077 (0.986 to 1.177)
 Neighbourhood disadvantage (ref: quintile 1)
  Quintile 21.473 (1.222 to 1.774)
  Quintile 32.011 (1.678 to 2.410)
  Quintile 42.289 (1.916 to 2.734)
  Quintile 52.574 (2.155 to 3.073)
 Gender×neighbourhood disadvantage
 (ref: male×quintile 1)
  Male×quintile 21.255 (0.979 to 1.609)1.159 (1.141 to 1.177)
  Male×quintile 31.817 (1.428 to 2.311)0.999 (0.998 to 0.999)
  Male×quintile 42.140 (1.692 to 2.707)1.000 (1.000 to 1.000)
  Male×quintile 52.169 (1.715 to 2.743)1.107 (0.867 to 1.414)
  Female×quintile 10.883 (0.701 to 1.111)1.514 (1.193 to 1.922)
  Female×quintile 21.500 (1.182 to 1.904)1.725 (1.364 to 2.181)
  Female×quintile 31.950 (1.546 to 2.458)1.698 (1.340 to 2.152)
  Female×quintile 42.157 (1.715 to 2.712)0.862 (0.686 to 1.084)
  Female×quintile 52.654 (2.112 to 3.336)1.324 (1.046 to 1.677)
 Couple status (ref: yes)
  No1.741 (1.384 to 2.191)
  Missing2.081 (1.651 to 2.623)
 Highest educational qualification (ref: ≤year 11)
  Year 12 to adv. Diploma0.927 (0.783 to 1.096)
  University0.909 (0.762 to 1.084)
  Missing0.835 (0.694 to 1.005)
 Percentage of previous year spent unemployed (ref: 0%)
  1–241.226 (0.945 to 1.591)
  25–491.464 (1.067 to 2.010)
  50–741.154 (0.757 to 1.759)
  75–1001.139 (0.824 to 1.574)
 Disposable household income (ref: quintile 1)
  Quintile 20.877 (0.750 to 1.025)
  Quintile 30.927 (0.783 to 1.096)
  Quintile 40.909 (0.762 to 1.084)
  Quintile 50.835 (0.694 to 1.005)
Random part
 Level 3 (census collection district)
  Variance (SE)0.221 (0.058)0.219 (0.058)0.175 (0.053)
  Variance partition coefficient*1.8%
  Median OR (95% CI)1.37 (1.26 to 1.48)1.37 (1.26 to 1.48)1.33 (1.23 to 1.43)
 Level 2 (Household)
  Variance (SE)0.965 (0.090)0.973 (0.090)0.873 (0.086)
  Variance partition coefficient*8.0%
  Median OR (95% CI)1.94 (1.76 to 2.12)1.94 (1.76 to 2.12)1.88 (1.71 to 2.05)
  • Body mass index measured in kg/m2.

  • *Variance partition coefficient presented for model 1 only.