Lifestyle and psychosocial factors associated with maintenance of normal body mass index in college students: a cross sectional study

Table 3 Multivariable logistic regression for factors associated with seniors that remained within their normal BMI¹ range as freshmen based on deviating less than ± 3% in their absolute BMI (n = 388)

	OR² (95% CI³)
Demographics
Females (Ref. Males)⁴	0.99 (0.61, 1.61)
Race (Ref. White)
Black	–⁵
Asians	2.11 (0.77, 5.81)
Other	0.66 (0.28, 1.58)
Born outside US (Ref. US born)	1.20 (0.41, 3.52)
Exercise; 1 (never)—10 (daily)	0.99 (0.91, 1.08)
Dietary habits
Consumed ≥ 3 meals/day (Ref. < 3 meals/day)	0.98 (0.62, 1.54)
Never consumed fast food (Ref. at least once/week)	0.93 (0.58, 1.50)
Never consumed beverages (Ref. at least once/week)	1.10 (0.69, 1.78)
Never consumed alcoholic beverages (Ref. at least once/week)	0.90 (0.49, 1.64)
Tobacco consumption
No (Ref. Yes)	0.97 (0.54, 1.74)
Psychosocial wellbeing; 1 (low)—10 (high)	1.31 (1.10, 1.55)**
Nagelkerke R²	0.07

**p < 0.01; ¹Normal BMI category according to CDC criteria; ²Odds ratio; ³95% confidence interval; ⁴Other category was excluded; ⁵Statistics could not be computed as there were too few individuals

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