Table 5

Television viewing as a correlate for overweight status and skinfold thicknesses (mm).*


Overweight Status
Skinfolds§


Prevalence Ratio
[95%
CI]
β
[95%
CI]

Television viewing






     ≤ 2 hrs/day
Reference


Reference


     > 2 hrs/day
1.34
1.07
1.66
1.08
0.19
1.96
Age (years)
1.13
0.99
1.30
0.07
-0.37
0.52
Gender






     Male
Reference


Reference


     Female
0.99
0.77
1.27
1.59
0.91
2.27
Race/ethnicity






     Non-Hispanic white
Reference


Reference


     Non-Hispanic black
1.12
0.81
1.54
-0.39
-1.09
0.30
     Mexican-American
1.22
0.91
1.64
0.76
-0.08
1.60
     Other
1.34
0.85
2.12
0.49
-0.79
1.77
Poverty to income ratio






     < 1
0.80
0.51
1.26
-1.18
-3.36
1.01
     ≥ 1 < 2
1.10
0.66
1.82
-0.20
-2.29
1.88
     ≥ 2 < 3
0.86
0.46
1.62
-0.52
-2.70
1.66
     ≥ 3 < 4
0.53
0.26
1.08
-1.00
-3.34
1.35
     ≥ 4 < 5
0.66
0.32
1.36
-1.66
-4.01
0.68
     ≥ 5
Reference


Reference



*Bolded values indicate significance at P < 0.05.

n =1340, F statistic = 3.41 (P = 0.009) for the overweight status multivariate Poisson regression model.

§ Skinfold thicknesses = (Subscapular + Triceps skinfolds). n = 1337, r2 = 0.042 (P = 0.0031) for the skinfolds multivariate linear regression model

Mendoza et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007 4:44   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-4-44