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TableÌý6 Logistic regression results—how obesity affects student’s academic performances (low academic performances) and categories of BMI

From: Obesity among college students in Oman: implications for health and academic performance

Predictors

Reference Variable

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Obesity (obesity = 1, 0 otherwise)

Non-obese

2.28*

(1.80)

2.54**

(2.01)

4.83**

(2.00)

Overweight (overweight = 1, 0 otherwise)

Not overweight

0.36**

(−2.06)

0.35**

(−2.10)

0.37**

(−2.05)

Underweight (Underweight = 1, 0 otherwise)

Not underweight

1.6

(1.37)

1.84

(1.60)

1.62

(1.30)

Gender (Female = 1, 0 otherwise

Male

1.48

(0.83)

1.44

(0.77)

1.39

(0.70)

Age (in completed years)

Ìý

0.82***

(−2.91)

0.81***

(−2.44)

0.80***

(−3.08)

Household size (number of family members)

Ìý

1.03

(0.80)

1.02

(0.53)

1.04

(0.89)

Parent income in OMR

Ìý

0.99**

(−2.06)

–

0.999*

(−1.70)

Income-Obesity interaction (Parent income*Obesity)

Ìý

–

–

0.998

(−1.14)

Rural (Rural = 1, 0 otherwise)

Urban household

1.01

(0.39)

1.13

(0.45)

1.12

(0.39)

Low-income group

High-income group

–

3.32***

(3.25)

–

Middle-income group

High-income group

–

1.08

(0.17)

–

Constant

Ìý

21.30

(1.84)

8.67

(1.30)

28.80

(1.99)

Number of observations

Ìý

278

278

278

LR chi2

Ìý

33.45

44.50

34.91

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Ìý

.0001

0000

0.0001

Pseudo R2

Ìý

0.0997

0.1313

0.1040

  1. Dependent variable: Low-CGPA (student earned low-CGPA = 1, 0 otherwise-moderate or high-CGPA)
  2. Note: Figures in the parenthesis represent z-values
  3. *indicates significant at 10% level
  4. **indicates significant at 5% level and
  5. ***indicates significant at 1% level
  6. Source: Authors calculations from the survey data