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Table 2 Multilevel regression estimates for models with overweight respondents (Model 1), motorized travellers (Model 2), and the Logarithm of time spent on physical exercise (Model 3), as dependent variables

From: Exploring the links between population density, lifestyle, and being overweight: secondary data analyses of middle-aged and older Chinese adults

Variable

DV: Overweight

DV: Motorized traveller

DV: Logarithm of time spent on physical exercise

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

B (SE)

Fixed part

Independent variable

 Logarithm of neighbourhood population density

1.103*** (1.056–1.153)

1.421*** (1.260–1.604)

−0.066*** (0.017)

Individual-level attributes

 Male (ref: female)

0.885 (0.742–1.056)

0.734* (0.532–1.013)

0.142*** (0.042)

 Age

0.972*** (0.965–0.979)

0.965*** (0.949–0.982)

−0.024** (0.002)

 Married (ref: single, divorced, or widowed)

1.231** (1.004–1.509)

1.403 (0.870–2.262)

0.109** (0.052)

Educational attainment (ref: ≤ primary school)

 Junior high school

1.152* (0.987–1.343)

2.410*** (1.747–3.326)

−0.114*** (0.041)

 ≥ Senior high school

1.338*** (1.096–1.633)

8.339*** (5.831–11.926)

−0.093 (0.060)

 Living in an urban area (ref: rural)

1.620*** (1.363–1.926)

1.509** (1.012–2.250)

−0.225*** (0.073)

 Having meals ≤ three times a day (ref: meals > three times a day)

1.093 (0.889–1.345)

1.327 (0.823–2.139)

0.275*** (0.063)

 Smoker (ref: non-smoker)

0.753*** (0.639–0.889)

1.195 (0.832–1.717)

0.002 (0.039)

 Drinking (ref: non-drinker)

0.863** (0.748–0.997)

1.009 (0.742–1.370)

0.128*** (0.038)

 Having medical insurance (ref: no)

0.944 (0.748–1.192)

1.274 (0.773–2.100)

0.206*** (0.070)

 Having a physical disease (ref: no)

1.747*** (1.535–1.988)

1.224 (0.937–1.600)

0.017 (0.034)

 Logarithm of household income per capita

1.004 (0.979–1.030)

1.062** (1.005–1.121)

0.032*** (0.009)

Neighbourhood-level attributes

 Logarithm of neighbourhood income per capita

0.992 (0.960–1.024)

1.015 (0.938–1.099)

0.023 (0.015)

 Neighbourhood sports facilities (ref: no)

0.788* (0.610–1.019)

1.832** (0.966–3.475)

−0.039 (0.105)

 Neighbourhood sports groups (ref: no)

1.089 (0.851–1.393)

0.659 (0.359–1.213)

0.054 (0.097)

 Constant

1.167* (0.617–2.209)

0.003*** (0.001–0.016)

3.857*** (0.236)

Random part

 Variable (constant)

0.178***

1.345***

0.259***

 Variable (residual)

  

1.150***

 Number of individuals

5285

5285

5285

 Number of neighbourhoods

405

405

405

 AIC

6759.609

2482.315

16,295.660

 Log likelihood

− 3361.8045

− 1223.1574

− 8128.8277

  1. Note. DV dependent variable, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, B unstandardized coefficient, SE standard error, AIC Akaike information criterion. *p < .10, **p < .05, ***p < .01