Linkage between Neighborhood Social Cohesion and BMI of South Asians in the Masala Study

Table 2

Association between neighborhood social cohesion and BMI stratified by sex, MASALA study (2010–2013).

Model 1 unadjusted items	Women (N = 419)				Men (N = 484)
	Standardized coefficients Β	95% confidence interval for β		value	Standardized coefficients Β	95% confidence interval for β		value
		Lower bound	Upper bound			Lower bound	Upper bound
BMI (constant)	25.85	25.09	26.62		26.60	25.93	27.27
Neighborhood cohesion
Lowest tertile	1.48	0.46	2.51	0.02^a	−0.31	−1.22	0.61	0.51
Middle tertile	0.57	−0.46	1.60	0.27	−0.52	−1.38	0.33	0.23
Highest tertile	Ref	—	—	—	Ref	—	—	—
	Women (N = 405)				Men (N = 472)
Model 2 adjusted items	Standardized coefficients Β	95% confidence interval for β		value	Standardized coefficients Β	95% confidence interval for β		value
BMI (constant)	27.77	24.69	30.84	<0.0001	29.98	27.57	32.39	<.0001
Neighborhood cohesion
Lowest tertile	1.06	−0.01	2.13	0.05	−0.23	−1.16	0.70	0.63
Middle tertile	0.47	−0.58	1.52	0.38	−0.63	−1.49	0.22	0.15
Highest tertile	Ref	—	—	—	Ref	—	—	—
Age in years	−0.04	−0.09	0.01	0.15	−0.06	−0.10	−0.03	0.001^a
Education
Less than a bachelor’s degree	1.25	−0.10	2.60	0.07	1.67	0.29	3.05	0.02^a
Bachelor’s degree	−0.16	−1.10	0.79	0.75	0.42	−0.44	1.28	0.34
More than a bachelor’s degree	Ref	—	—	—	Ref	—	—	—
Income
Less than $50,000	1.39	−0.01	2.78	0.05	−0.61	−1.82	0.60	0.32
$50,000 to $99,999	Ref	—	—	—	Ref	—	—	—
$ 100,000 or more	−0.10	−1.24	1.03	0.86	−0.14	−1.08	0.80	0.77
Marriage
No (ref = yes)	0.35	−0.92	1.61	0.59	0.59	−1.42	2.61	0.56

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