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Table 2 Associations between Demographic Correlates and Survey Year and Any Fasting (≥ 1 Times) in the Past Four Weeks by Gender

From: Prevalence and demographic, substance use, and mental health correlates of fasting among U.S. college students

  Men p Women p
AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Age 0.98 (0.95–1.00) 0.126 0.95 (0.93–0.98) < 0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2) 1.04 (1.01–1.07) 0.004 1.03 (1.02–1.05) < 0.001
Race/ethnicity
 White or Caucasian, non-Hispanic, non-Arab Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Black or African American, non-Hispanic 1.34 (0.67–2.65) 0.403 0.78 (0.52–1.18) 0.249
 Hispanic/Latino/a 1.08 (0.60–1.92) 0.794 1.06 (0.72–1.56) 0.782
 Asian or Asian American 0.78 (0.51–1.18) 0.241 0.96 (0.73–1.25) 0.748
 American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 2.25 (0.38–13.35) 0.372
 Arab/Middle Eastern or Arab American 1.42 (0.56–3.58) 0.456 0.98 (0.38–2.52) 0.976
 Other race/ethnicity 1.70 (0.70–4.13) 0.241 1.39 (0.53–3.68) 0.504
 More than 1 race/ethnicity 1.77 (1.16–2.69) 0.007 1.13 (0.86–1.47) 0.381
Sexual orientation
 Heterosexual Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Gay or lesbian 2.52 (1.44–4.42) 0.001 1.28 (0.85–1.94) 0.238
 Bisexual 2.64 (1.58–4.40) < 0.001 1.65 (1.27–2.15) < 0.001
 Queer, questioning, or other 2.50 (1.26–4.95) 0.009 1.71 (1.21–2.42) 0.002
Parental education
 High school degree or less Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Some college or more 0.68 (0.40–1.15) 0.154 0.84 (0.59–1.19) 0.335
Survey year 1.45 (1.21–1.74) < 0.001 1.05 (0.94–1.18) 0.350
  1. Preconstructed nonresponse sample weighting was applied to all analyses
  2. Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05)
  3. AOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval