Differences between men and women in self-reported body mass index and its relation to drug use

Table 6 Multiple regression analysis of the determining factors of the body mass index (BMI) of university students

Dependent variable	Prognostic variable		Total^a			Men^b			Women^c
Dependent variable	Prognostic variable	β	T₃₂₀₂	p	β	t	p	β	T	p
Body Mass Index (BMI)	Constant		25.87	0.001^*		17.61	0.001^*		15.80	0.001^***
	Sex	-0.23	-12.63	0.001^*
	Age (years)	0.13	7.76	0.001^***	0.15	6.43	0.001^***	0.11	4.29	0.001^***
	Physical activity (frequency)	-0.02	-0.98	0.32	-0.03	-1.09	0.274	-0.01	-0.07	0.940
	Diet Quality Index (frequency)	-0.02	-0.99	0.32	-0.04	-1.81	0.070	0.02	0.59	0.553
	High-frequency drug use	0.02	1.42	0.16	0.01	0.24	0.810	0.05	1.77	0.076
	Medium-frequency drug use	0.04	2.07	0.03^*	0.05	2.02	0.043^*	0.03	1.08	0.280
	Low-frequency drug use	0.01	0.83	0.41	0.02	0.95	0.341	-0.01	-0.08	0.932

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