Table 3 Adjusted BMI estimates (se) according to occupation for the representative Australian population aged 20-64 years
From: Occupational risk of overweight and obesity: an analysis of the Australian Health Survey
Model 11 | Model 22 | Model 33 | |
|---|---|---|---|
BMI coefficient (se) | BMI coefficient (se) | BMI coefficient (se) | |
Males | |||
Without occupation (Intercept, βo) | 26.0 (0.16) | 26.2 (0.19) | 27.1 (0.24) |
Managers & administrators | 0.06 (0.21) | -0.45 (0.23)a | -0.47 (0.23)a |
Professionals | -0.54 (0.19)b | -0.6 (0.23)b | -0.64 (0.23)b |
Associate professionals | 0.34 (0.21) | -0.12 (0.23) | -0.11 (0.23) |
Tradespersons | -0.21 (0.19) | -0.83 (0.21)b | -0.84 (0.21)b |
Advanced clerical & SW4 | 1.20 (0.70) | 0.74 (0.7) | 0.77 (0.70) |
Intermediate clerical SSW5 | 0.11 (0.24) | -0.35 (0.26) | -0.30 (0.26) |
Intermediate production & transport | 0.43 (0.21)a | -0.09 (0.22) | -0.11 (0.22) |
Elementary clerical SSW | -0.85 (0.30)b | -1.07 (0.30)b | -1.06 (0.30)b |
Laborers | -0.62 (0.24)a | -0.93 (0.25)b | -0.93 (0.25)b |
Females | |||
Without occupation (Intercept, βo) | 24.7 (0.15) | 24.8 (0.19) | 26.0 (0.25) |
Managers & administrators | -1.08 (0.32)b | -1.07 (0.34)b | -0.92 (0.34)b |
Professionals | -0.82 (0.19)b | -0.42 (0.24) | -0.32 (0.24) |
Associate professionals | -0.51 (0.24)a | -0.81 (0.25)b | -0.61 (0.25)a |
Tradespersons | 0.23 (0.55) | -0.13 (0.55) | -0.89 (0.54) |
Advanced clerical & SW4 | -0.73 (0.31)a | -1.25 (0.32)b | -1.11 (0.32)b |
Intermediate clerical SSW5 | -0.28 (0.19) | -0.68 (0.21)b | -0.57 (0.20)b |
Intermediate production & transport | -0.07 (0.54) | -0.50 (0.54) | -0.46 (0.54) |
Elementary clerical SSW | -0.23 (0.26) | -0.67 (0.27)a | -0.55 (0.27)a |
Laborers | -0.33 (0.31) | -0.54 (0.32) | -0.52 (0.31) |