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Table 5 Associations between abdominal obesity and psychological and life style variables presented for each gender

From: Gender, alexithymia and physical inactivity associated with abdominal obesity in type 1 diabetes mellitus: a cross sectional study at a secondary care hospital diabetes clinic

 

Abdominal obesity in men

(N = 159)

Abdominal obesity in women

(N = 115)

 

COR

P

AOR

P a

COR

P

AOR

P a

Depression (≥ 8p) b

1.9 (0.4–9.3)

0.45

-

-

0.99 (0.29–3.4)

0.98

-

-

Anxiety (≥ 8p) b

1.4 (0.4–4.9)

0.51

-

-

2.1 (0.9–4.5)

0.071

1.7 (0.8–4.0)

0.20

Alexithymia (≥ 61p) c

2.4 (0.6–9.8)

0.21

-

-

1.8 (0.7–4.6)

0.23

-

-

High DIF (≥23 p) c

7.7 (1.9–30.4)

0.004

7.7 (1.9–30.4)

0.004

1.8 (0.7–5.0)

0.23

-

-

High DDF (≥18 p) c

0.7 (0.1–5.6)

0.72

-

-

0.7 (0.2–2.8)

0.63

-

-

High EOT (≥ 27 p) c

0.00

>0.99

-

-

0.8 (0.2–4.2)

0.81

-

-

High self-emancipation (≥66 p) d

2.6 (0.6–10.3)

0.19

-

-

1.2 (0.3–5.3)

0.76

-

-

Low self-affirmation (≤38 p) d

1.4 (0.2–12.2)

0.76

-

-

1.4 (0.5–3.7)

0.49

-

-

Low self-love (≤40 p) d

2.7 (0.5–14.1)

0.24

-

-

1.1 (0.4–3.0)

0.91

-

-

Low self-protection (≤30 p) d

0.6 (0.1–4,7)

0.61

-

-

2.1 (0.5–8.3)

0.29

-

-

Low self-control (≤28 p) d

1.4 (0.3–7.1)

0.65

-

-

1.8 (0.6–5.4)

0.32

-

-

High self-blame (≥52 p) d

1.4 (0.2–12.2)

0.76

-

-

1.0 (0.4–2.5)

0.96

-

-

High self-hate (≥50 p) d

1.7 (0.2–14.3)

0.66

-

-

1.9 (0.7–5.1)

0.17

-

-

High self-neglect (≥48 p) d

0.6 (0.1–5.2)

0.67

-

-

2.3 (0.7–7.5)

0.15

-

-

Smoking e

0.6 (0.1–4.9)

0.64

-

-

1.1 (0.3–4.4)

0.92

-

-

Physical inactivity f

1.4 (0.3–6.9)

0.67

-

-

3.2 (1.0–10.5)

0.049

3.6 (1.1–11.8)

0.037

Clinical psychiatric diagnoses

0.7 (0.1–6.0)

0.77

-

-

2.5 (1.0–6.4)

0.062

1.5 (0.4–6-7)

0.57

Age (per year)

1.05 (0.99–1.11)

0.091

1.04 (0.98–1.10)

0.19

1.02 (0.99–1.06)

0.19

1.02 (0.99–1.06)

0.21

Antidepressants

1.1 (0.1–9.6)

0.91

-

-

4.1 (1.2–13.8)

0.025

4.3 (1.2–15.0)

0.022

  1. N (men/women) = 159/125 unless otherwise specified
  2. aMultiple logistic regression analysis (Backward: Wald)
  3. bHADS-D
  4. cHADS-A
  5. dTAS-20
  6. eSASB
  7. Missing values for men: d n = 3
  8. e n = 6
  9. f n = 6. Missing values for women
  10. d n = 4
  11. e n = 6
  12. f n = 6. Men/women: Hosmer and Lemeshow Test 0.226/0.910; Nagelkerke R Square 0.10/0.105
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