Table 2

Associations among body weight changes and characteristics and changes in lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020 in Japan: Japanese men and women aged 30 years and older, NIPPON DATA2010

Young/middle age (vs unchanged body weight, n=555)Older adults (vs unchanged body weight, n=637)
Increased (n=272)Decreased (n=84)Increased (n=164)Decreased (n=98)
OR(95% CI)P valueOR(95% CI)P valueOR(95% CI)P valueOR(95% CI)P value
Characteristics
Sex
 Male1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)
 Female1.52(1.11 to 2.07)0.0080.81(0.51 to 1.28)0.3631.98(1.38 to 2.86)<0.0011.01(0.66 to 1.55)0.953
Age (years)
 30–491.98(1.38 to 2.86)<0.0011.01(0.62 to 1.64)0.974
 50–691(Ref)1(Ref)
Educational status
 Junior high school1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)
 High school0.98(0.53 to 1.80)0.9461.51(0.51 to 4.47)0.4591.30(0.87 to 1.94)0.1971.20(0.72 to 1.98)0.482
 College/university1.03(0.57 to 1.88)0.9191.36(0.46 to 4.02)0.5741.41(0.86 to 2.31)0.1681.69(0.94 to 3.04)0.076
COVID-19 cases per 100 000 in address prefecture
 Quartile 1 (lowest)1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)
 Quartile 21.44(0.93 to 2.22)0.1002.38(1.21 to 4.68)0.0121.93(1.13 to 3.30)0.0160.80(0.43 to 1.49)0.485
 Quartile 31.77(1.16 to 2.69)0.0081.59(0.77 to 3.27)0.2092.71(1.61 to 4.54)<0.0010.98(0.54 to 1.79)0.949
 Quartile 4 (highest)1.57(1.02 to 2.40)0.0391.54(0.75 to 3.17)0.2392.43(1.43 to 4.12)0.0011.40(0.80 to 2.45)0.235
Changes in lifestyles
Physical activity
 Increased1(0.55 to 1.82)0.9884.38(2.46 to 7.78)<0.0011.83(0.92 to 3.64)0.0841.70(0.76 to 3.80)0.198
 No change1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)
 Decreased4.92(3.55 to 6.82)<0.0011.92(1.08 to 3.41)0.0264.33(2.97 to 6.32)<0.0012.81(1.76 to 4.49)<0.001
Home-cooked meals
 Increased1.86(1.34 to 2.58)<0.0011.55(0.92 to 2.60)0.0993.22(2.01 to 5.16)<0.0011.87(0.97 to 3.59)0.060
 No change1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)
 Decreased1.70(0.64 to 4.54)0.2891.48(0.32 to 6.94)0.6172.34(0.93 to 5.93)0.0723.67(1.44 to 9.36)0.006
Lunch box and/or ready-made meals
 Increased2.12(1.42 to 3.17)<0.0011.21(0.59 to 2.48)0.6122.85(1.58 to 5.17)<0.0012.47(1.19 to 5.11)0.014
 No change1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)
 Decreased1.76(1.14 to 2.71)0.0112.35(1.30 to 4.27)0.0051.80(1.10 to 2.95)0.0201.31(0.67 to 2.53)0.427
Eating between meals
 Increased7.05(4.78 to 10.39)<0.0011.68(0.78 to 3.61)0.1867.63(4.81 to 12.11)<0.0011.64(0.77 to 3.52)0.201
 No change1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)
 Decreased2.68(1.53 to 4.69)<0.0016.78(3.68 to 12.48)<0.0011.73(0.96 to 3.10)0.0672.23(1.23 to 4.05)0.008
Vegetables
 Increased1.77(1.16 to 2.70)0.0082.79(1.57 to 4.97)<0.0011.99(1.27 to 3.12)0.0031.05(0.56 to 1.97)0.877
 No change1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)
 Decreased2.71(1.41 to 5.19)0.0032.75(1.05 to 7.20)0.0404.25(2.29 to 7.92)<0.0011.68(0.66 to 4.23)0.273
Alcohol
 No drinking1.17(0.85 to 1.61)0.3301.19(0.67 to 2.11)0.5561.30(0.88 to 1.91)0.1810.83(0.51 to 1.33)0.430
 Increased2.12(1.26 to 3.56)0.0053.57(1.68 to 7.59)<0.0013.02(1.11 to 8.19)0.0301.19(0.25 to 5.61)0.823
 No change1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)1(Ref)
 Decreased1.29(0.70 to 2.40)0.4125.85(2.91 to 11.76)<0.0011.25(0.58 to 2.68)0.5692.76(1.39 to 5.49)0.003
  • The results of a multivariate logistic regression are shown.

  • NIPPON DATA2010, National Integrated Project for Prospective Observation of Non-communicable Disease and its Trends in the Aged 2010.