Occupational risk of overweight and obesity: an analysis of the Australian Health Survey

Table 4 Adjusted odds of overweight/obesity by occupation for the representative Australian population aged 20-64 years.

	Model 1¹	Model 2²	Model 3³
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Males
Without occupation (Intercept, β_o)	Referent	Referent	Referent
Managers & administrators	1.18 (0.98-1.43)	0.82 (0.66-1.02)	0.80 (0.65-1.0)^a
Professionals	0.94 (0.79-1.12)	0.77 (0.62-0.96)^a	0.75 (0.6-0.93)^b
Associate professionals	1.34 (1.10-1.63)^b	0.98 (0.78-1.22)	0.97 (0.77-1.21)
Tradespersons	1.13 (0.95-1.34)	0.78 (0.63-0.94)^b	0.77 (0.63-0.94)^b
Advanced clerical & SW⁴	2.05 (0.99-4.24)	1.50 (0.71-3.15)	1.45 (0.69-3.05)
Intermediate clerical SSW⁵	1.20 (0.96-1.50)	0.89(0.70-1.13)	0.89 (0.70-1.14)
Intermediate production & transport	1.24 (1.03-1.50)^a	0.89 (0.72-1.10)	0.91 (0.73-1.12)
Elementary clerical SSW	0.81 (0.63-1.06)	0.68 (0.52-0.9)^b	0.68 (0.52-0.90)^b
Laborers	0.86 (0.70-1.07)	0.69 (0.54-0.87)^b	0.70 (0.55-0.88)^b
Females
Without occupation (Intercept, β_o)	Referent	Referent	Referent
Managers & administrators	0.72 (0.56-0.92)^b	0.71 (0.55-0.92)^b	0.74 (0.57-0.97)^a
Professionals	0.71 (0.61-0.82)^b	0.81 (0.67-0.98)^a	0.83 (0.69-1.01)
Associate professionals	0.93 (0.77-1.10)	0.82 (0.67-0.99)^a	0.87 (0.71-1.06)
Tradespersons	0.97 (0.65-1.47)	0.88 (0.58-1.33)	0.88 (0.58-1.34)
Advanced clerical & SW⁴	0.73 (0.58-0.93)^b	0.6 (0.47-0.77)^b	0.62 (0.48-0.80)^b
Intermediate clerical SSW⁵	0.92 (0.80-1.06)	0.8(0.68-0.93)^b	0.83 (0.71-0.97)^a
Intermediate production & transport	1.11 (0.74-1.66)	0.95 (0.63-1.43)	0.97 (0.64-1.47)
Elementary clerical SSW	1.02 (0.84-1.24)	0.87 (0.70-1.07)	0.90 (0.73-1.11)
Laborers	0.92 (0.73-1.16)	0.84 (0.66-1.06)	0.84 (0.66-1.06)

¹ Model 1 = Adjusted for age (3 categories)
² Model 2 = Adjusted for age country of birth, marital status, education level, household income
³ Model 3 = Adjusted for age and all socioeconomic as in model 2 plus health behaviours i.e. physical activity category, good diet intake, alcohol intake, smoking status
⁴ SW = Service worker
⁵ SSW = Sales & service worker
^a = p-value < 0.05
^b = p-value < 0.01

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