Body mass index and associated factors among refugees living in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Linear regression model between BMI since arrival and independent variables (backward elimination), bias-corrected and accelerated bootstrapped confidence interval based on 5000 samples (N = 265)

BMI since arrival, overall	β	95% CI		p-value
BMI since arrival, overall	β	Lower	Upper	p-value
Education, high (vs. medium, low)	1.28	0.24	2.33	0.016
Male sex	−1.72	− 2.59	− 0.85	< 0.001
BMI before escape	0.80	0.71	0.89	< 0.001
Iranian	− 1.79	−3.07	− 0.50	0.006
Iraqi	−0.97	−1.68	− 0.25	0.008
Alcohol abstinence^a (vs. alcohol use)	− 0.81	− 1.56	− 0.06	0.034
Intercept	6.97	4.52	9.41	< 0.001
Coefficient of determination (R²):	0.664
Adjusted R²:	0.656
F-value:	84.9, p < 0.001

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