Influence of socio-economic and lifestyle factors on overweight and nutrition-related diseases among Tunisian migrants versus non-migrant Tunisians and French

Table 3 Effect of migration status and of mediating factors on overweight (Tunisian migrants vs. local-born French).

Overweight (n = 143 for each group¹)
		Adjusted migration status effect
Model number	Variables in models	Odds-Ratios	Confidence Interval	Mediating effect ratio²	p-value
1	Migration status	0.53	0.33–0.84		0.007
2	Migration status, Educational status	0.57	0.35–0.93	-7%	0.02
3	Migration status, Educational status, Socio-economic index	0.56	0.32–0.97	1%	0.04
4	Migration status, Educational status, Socio-economic index, Healthcare utilisation index	0.65	0.36–1.17	-13%	0.15
5	Migration status, Educational status, Socio-economic index, Healthcare utilisation index, Physical activity level	0.65	0.36–1.21	-1%	0.17
6	Migration status, Educational status, Socio-economic index, Healthcare utilisation index, Physical activity level, Current smoking	0.57	0.30–1.07	15%	0.08
7	Migration status, Educational status, Socio-economic index, Healthcare utilisation index, Physical activity level, Current smoking, Energy intake	0.56	0.30–1.05	2%	0.07
8	Migration status, Educational status, Socio-economic index, Healthcare utilisation index, Physical activity level, Current smoking, Energy intake, Alcohol intake	1.07	0.45–2.54	-48%	0.87

1. Embedded conditional logistic regression models including only men with no missing value for all variables
2. Mediating effect ratio was defined as: (OR previous model – OR current model)/OR current model

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