Table 3 Linear regression examining demographic, SEP and food choice motives predictors of BMI in UK and US samples.

From: The role of health-based food choice motives in explaining the relationship between lower socioeconomic position and higher BMI in UK and US adults

 

UK sample (N = 4123)

R2 = 0.09

US sample (N = 1889)

R2 = 0.05

 

B (SE)

p

B (SE)

p

Gender

−0.53 (0.18)

0.003*

−0.69 (0.34)

0.040

Ethnicity

−0.93 (0.32)

0.004*

−0.63 (0.44)

0.159

Age

0.08 (0.007)

<0.001*

0.02 (0.01)

0.030

Income

0.01 (0.07)

0.882

−0.40 (0.14)

0.004*

SSS

−0.49 (0.06)

<0.001*

−0.29 (0.11)

0.007*

Education level

−0.03 (0.18)

0.876

0.67 (0.37)

0.072

Motives: health

−1.11 (0.10)

<0.001*

−1.37 (0.20)

<0.001*

Motives: weight

1.04 (0.10)

<0.001*

1.35 (0.20)

<0.001*

  1. Gender reference category is females. Ethnicity reference category is white. Education reference category is lower education. Income ranges from 1 to 5, lowest to highest quartiles. Motives health and weight reference category is not rating as important. SSS is subjective social status.
  2. *Indicates statistically significant (p < 0.05 for primary analyses using UK sample and <0.01 for secondary analyses using US sample).
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