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Table 2 Logistic regression models assessing the association of chronic disease outcomes (OR, 95% CI) with a spouse who has ever migrated: crude associations (panel 1); adjusted for confounders (panel 2); and including possible mediators (panel 3) (n = 621)

From: Labor migration is associated with lower rates of underweight and higher rates of obesity among left-behind wives in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Underweight

Obese

High Body Fat

High Waist Circ.

Anemia

Iron Deficiency

Hypertension

Diabetes

Panel 1

Ever Migrant

0.66 (0.37, 1.17)

1.51 (1.09, 2.09)

1.42 (1.01, 1.99)

1.31 (0.92, 1.88)

0.63 (0.46, 0.86)

1.44 (1.05, 1.98)

0.85 (0.60, 1.18)

0.98 (0.69, 1.39)

Panel 2

Ever Migrant

1.01 (0.54, 1.88)

1.15 (0.80, 1.65)

1.39 (0.96, 2.02)

1.43 (0.96, 2.12)

0.74 (0.52, 1.05)

1.22 (0.86, 1.73)

1.24 (0.84, 1.83)

1.21 (0.82, 1.79)

Age

1.02 (0.99, 1.05)

0.99 (0.97, 1.01)

1.02 (0.99, 1.04)

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)

1.02 (1.00, 1.04)

0.99 (0.97, 1.00)

1.05 (1.03, 1.07)

1.07 (1.05, 1.09)

Education

0.88 (0.81, 0.95)

1.06 (1.01, 1.09)

1.08 (1.04, 1.13)

1.04 (0.99, 1.09)

1.02 (0.98, 1.06)

1.05 (1.01, 1.09)

1.02 (0.98, 1.06)

1.02 (0.97, 1.06)

Islam

0.95 (0.38, 2.36)

1.23 (0.71, 2.14)

1.07 (0.60, 1.92)

0.90 (0.49, 1.65)

0.89 (0.52, 1.51)

1.38 (0.81, 2.34)

0.59 (0.34, 1.05)

0.94 (0.52, 1.71)

Betelnut use

1.13 (0.56, 2.24)

0.83 (0.54, 1.25)

1.11 (0.72, 1.72)

1.06 (0.67, 1.67)

1.28 (0.86, 1.91)

1.21 (0.81, 1.81)

1.61 (1.04, 2.48)

0.61 (0.39, 0.96)

Panel 3

Ever Migrant

1.59 (0.78, 3.29)

1.01 (0.64, 1.59)

1.16 (0.72, 1.86)

1.29 (0.79, 2.11)

0.94 (0.61, 1.46)

1.42 (0.91, 2.20)

1.18 (0.73, 1.93)

0.98 (0.61, 1.58)

Age

1.01 (0.98, 1.05)

0.98 (0.96, 1.01)

1.02 (0.99, 1.05)

1.03 (1.00, 1.05)

1.02 (1.00, 1.05)

0.99 (0.97, 1.01)

1.06 (1.03, 1.09)

1.06 (1.04, 1.09)

Education

0.94 (0.85, 1.03)

1.03 (0.98, 1.09)

1.06 (1.00, 1.12)

1.00 (0.95, 1.06)

1.04 (0.99, 1.09)

1.05 (0.99, 1.10)

1.02 (0.96, 1.08)

1.04 (0.98, 1.09)

Islam

1.02 (0.29, 3.65)

1.59 (0.73, 3.43)

1.33 (0.59, 3.01)

0.67 (0.31, 1.44)

0.74 (0.36, 1.51)

1.39 (0.68, 2.85)

0.77 (0.35, 1.69)

1.24 (0.55, 2.77)

Betelnut use

1.13 (0.49, 2.58)

0.79 (0.48, 1.33)

1.11 (0.64, 1.90)

0.98 (0.56, 1.70)

1.29 (0.79, 2.13)

0.99 (0.59, 1.62)

1.54 (0.89, 2.64)

0.67 (0.38, 1.16)

Income

0.78 (0.55, 1.11)

1.10 (0.88, 1.39)

1.21 (0.95, 1.55)

1.31 (1.02, 1.69)

1.07 (0.86, 1.33)

0.78 (0.63, 0.98)

1.28 (1.00, 1.64)

0.99 (0.79, 1.27)

Food secure

0.37 (0.18, 0.74)

1.23 (0.76, 1.99)

1.22 (0.74, 2.03)

1.42 (0.84, 2.40)

0.89 (0.56, 1.40)

0.83 (0.53, 1.32)

0.92 (0.55, 1.52)

1.15 (0.69, 1.90)

All bazaar food

0.62 (0.31, 1.25)

1.89 (1.22, 2.94)

1.78 (1.12, 2.84)

1.54 (0.95, 2.48)

0.99 (0.65, 1.51)

1.34 (0.88, 2.04)

0.99 (0.62, 1.58)

1.17 (0.73, 1.86