Life-course socio-economic status and adult BMI in Ghana; analysis of the WHO study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE)

Table 3 Multiple regression models of adjusted mean BMI and socio-economic status

Socio-economic status	Adjusted BMI^a	P-value	Fully adjusted BMI^b	p-value
Education
Own		0.0242		0.4305
No formal education	21.49	0.03	22.04	0.46
Primary school	23.24	0.79	23.98	0.58
High school	23.39	0.85	22.82	0.87
College	23.58	-	23.05	-
Mother’s		0.3772		0.6727
No formal education	21.75	0.20	22.28	0.50
Primary school	24.13	0.91	23.43	0.73
High School	22.32	0.35	21.35	0.36
College	24.43	-	24.84	-
Father’s		0.0138		0.8431
No formal education	21.70	0.0051	23.48	0.83
Primary school	22.43	0.11	22.23	0.75
High School	23.74	0.36	23.28	0.83
College	24.93	-	22.91	-
Employment
Own		0.0903		0.1212
Unemployment	21.09	0.037	21.86	0.03
Self/informal	21.92	0.09	23.03	0.14
Public	23.13	0.40	21.68	0.06
Private	24.58	-	25.32	-
Mother’s		0.0261		0.0033
Unemployment	22.41	0.046	25.31	0.0006
Self/Informal	21.59	0.040	23.08	0.0051
Public	24.70	0.0035	23.50	0.09
Private	18.34	-	20.00	-
Father’s		0.0003		0.0189
Unemployment	19.00	0.012	19.53	0.04
Self/Informal	21.27	0.14	22.61	0.68
Public	25.26	0.16	26.51	0.18
Private	22.93	-	23.24	-

^aAdjusted for age, smoking, alcohol, health status, residence, and marital status
^bAdjusted for age, smoking, alcohol, health status, residence, marital status, own education, mother’s education, father’s education, own employment, mother’s employment and father’s employment
Bold indicates significance p value ≤ 0.05

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