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Table 2 Association between BRI with diarrhea and constipation a

From: Association of the body roundness index with chronic diarrhea and chronic constipation: findings based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2010 data

Characteristic

Model 1

OR (95%CI), P value

Model 2

OR (95%CI), P value

Model 3

OR (95%CI), P value

Diarrhea

BRI (categorical)

 T1 (< 4.26)

Reference

Reference

Reference

 T2 (4.26–6.02)

1.27(0.95,1.69), 0.108

1.18(0.87,1.59), 0.276

1.11(0.81,1.52), 0.519

 T3 (> 6.02)

2.25(1.77,2.86), < 0.001

1.95(1.50,2.54), < 0.001

1.65(1.09,2.50), 0.020

 P for trend

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.024

Constipation

BRI (categorical)

 T1 (< 4.26)

Reference

Reference

Reference

 T2 (4.26–6.02)

0.88(0.66,1.16), 0.345

0.89(0.66,1.20), 0.427

1.03(0.73,1.45), 0.878

 T3 (> 6.02)

0.68(0.52,0.88), 0.004

0.59(0.45,0.77), < 0.001

0.84(0.53,1.34), 0.458

 P for trend

0.004

< 0.001

0.569

  1. BRI body roundness index, T tertiles
  2. a Model 1: unadjusted; Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, race, educational attainment, and marital status; Model 3: adjusted for age, sex, race, education attainment, marital status, BMI, PIR, smoking status, drinking status, hypertension, DM, CVD, total energy intake, and HEI