Table 2. Obesity Odds Ratios by Individual and Contextual Variables from the Multivariate Regression Model That Adjusted for Individual and County-Level Variables
VariablesOdds Ratio95% Confidence Interval
PCP supply in county of residence
    Quintile 1 (most access)1.000Index
    Quintile 21.081*1.031–1.133
    Quintile 31.0531.004–1.105
    Quintile 41.088*1.039–1.139
    Quintile 5 (least access)1.187*1.136–1.241
Individual variables
    Demographic
        Age1.120*
    Education
        Some high school1.080*1.023–1.141
        High school graduate1.00Index
        Some college0.9660.931–1.002
        College graduate0.668*0.642–0.694
    Parental status
        No children1.00Index
        Parent1.063*1.023–1.104
    Race/ethnicity
        Non-Hispanic white1.00Index
        Black1.611*1.527–1.701
        Hispanic1.124*1.061–1.191
        Other race0.681*0.631–0.735
    Marital status
        Married1.00Index
        Never married1.0480.999–1.100
        Divorced0.9930.956–1.030
    Insured**1.0761.025–1.130
    Income ($/year)
        <15,0001.119*1.025–1.130
        15,000–20,0001.0221.025–1.222
        20,000–25,0001.0020.924–1.086
        25,000–35,0000.890*0.821–0.966
        35,000–50,0000.827*0.766–0.894
        50,000–75,0000.842*0.766–0.894
        >75,0000.659*0.682–0.713
    Smoking status
        Never smoker1.00Index
        Smoker0.768*0.735–0.802
        Former smoker1.175*1.136–1.215
County-level variables
    Black race (%)1.0420.916–1.185
    Rural-urban continuum codes
        1 (Most urban)1.000Index
        21.133*1.089–1.178
        31.171*1.117–1.227
        41.222*1.156–1.292
        51.179*1.098–1.265
        61.187*1.122–1.256
        71.190*1.110–1.274
        81.0810.950–1.231
        9 (Most rural)1.245*1.070–1.448
    County poverty
        Low1.000Index
        Low/mid1.0380.994–1.084
        Mid/high1.0491.006–1.094
        High1.0951.043–1.150
  • Data are based on N = 392,535 individuals. Obesity is defined as body mass index ≥30 kg/m2.

  • * P ≤ .05.

  • P ≤ .01.

  • Data Sources: 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2012 AMA Masterfile, 2010 Census estimates of county population, 2003 rural urban continuum codes, and 2012–2013 Area Resource Files.

  • PCP, primary care physician.