Table 4 Multinomial logistic regression of weight status among the participants aged ≥40 years in Taiwan, stratified by gender, n = 62,965

  Q1

1

1

1

  Q2

0.88 (0.74, 1.05)

0.92 (0.84, 1.01)

0.86 (0.77, 0.96)**

  Q3

0.94 (0.89, 1.12)

0.99 (0.90, 0.07)

0.89 (0.79, 0.99)*

  Q4

0.84 (0.71, 1.00)*

0.86 (0.79, 0.94)**

0.81 (0.72, 0.90)***

  Q5

0.99 (0.81, 1.18)

0.86 (0.78, 0.95)**

0.82 (0.72, 0.93)***

   P-trend

0.545

< 0.001

< 0.001

  Q1

1

1

1

  Q2

0.97 (0.82, 1.15)

1.08 (0.99, 1.17)

1.10 (0.98, 1.22)

  Q3

0.95 (0.82, 1.12)

1.17 (1.08, 1.27)***

1.36 (1.23, 1.50)***

  Q4

0.81 (0.67, 0.97)*

1.28 (1.16, 1.40)***

1.34 (1.19, 1.51)***

  Q5

0.82 (0.67, 1.02)

1.41 (1.27, 1.57)***

1.84 (1.62, 2.09)***

   P-trend

0.016

< 0.001

< 0.001

  Q1

1

1

1

  Q2

0.88 (0.71, 1.10)

1.00 (0.94, 1.09)

0.97 (0.88, 1.07)

  Q3

0.87 (0.70, 1.09)

1.01 (0.94, 1.09)

0.92 (0.83, 1.01)

  Q4

0.74 (0.58, 0.93)*

0.96 (0.89, 1.04)

0.85 (0.76, 0.93)***

  Q5

0.76 (0.58, 0.99)*

0.97 (0.90, 1.06)

0.92 (0.81, 1.01)

   P-trend

0.010

0.219

0.002

 Meat-processed pattern

  Q1

1

1

1

  Q2

0.69 (0.54, 0.89)**

1.02 (0.94, 1.11)

1.12 (1.00, 1.26)*

  Q3

0.76 (0.61, 0.94)*

1.14 (1.06, 1.23)***

1.19 (1.07, 1.32)**

  Q4

0.78 (0.62, 0.99)*

1.19 (1.09, 1.29)***

1.39 (1.24, 1.55)***

  Q5

0.88 (0.68, 1.12)

1.34 (1.23, 1.46)***

1.80 (1.61, 2.01)***

   P-trend

0.447

< 0.001

< 0.001