Table 5.

Association of demographic characteristics and other variables with different BMI.

Characteristics		B	Obese
			OR 95% CI	p -value
Age		0.074	1.077 (1.057–1.098)	0.000
Gender	Male Female	0.771	2.162 (1.540–3.036) Reference	0.000
Social status	Married Single Widow Divorce	0.063 0.277 0.388	1.433 (0.700–2.933) 0.758 (0.345–1.664) 0.679 (0.182–2.533) Reference	0.764 0.764 0.237 0.686
Occupation	Health care worker Government Private Free Housewife Unemployed Student	0.473 0.659 0.646 0.461 0.234 0.784	1.298 (0.637–2.648) 1.156 (0.608–2.200) 1.15 (0.631–2.103) 0.730 (0.315–1.688) 1.474 (0.778–2.792 1.106 (0.539–2.268) Reference	0.057 0.368 0.087 0.794 0.158 0.410
Place of living	Jeddah Rabigh Other cities	−0.058 −0.044	0.944 (0.665–1.341) 0.957 (0.639–1.435) Reference	0.748 0.833
Monthly income	< 5 thousand 5–9.9 thousand 10–14.9 thousand 15–20 thousand More than 20 thousand	1.073 0.432 0.861 0.277	2.925 (1.526–5.606) 1.540 (0.808–2.936) 2.366 (1.233–4.539) 1.319 (0.946–2.684)	0.001 0.981 0.010 0.444 Reference
Educational level	No grade completed Secondary or below Bachelor's Postgraduate	−1.273 −0.259 −0.210	0.280 (0.059–1.332) 0.772 (0.402–1.482) 0.810 (0.446–1.471)	0.110 0.436 Reference
Walking		−0.378	0.685 (0.624–0.752)	0.000
Moderate intensity exercise		−0.220	0.802 (0.680–0.946)	0.009
Consumption of fast food	I don't eat 1–3times/week More than 3 times/week	0.153 0.041	1.165 (0.641–2.118) 1.042 (0.639–1.699)	0.616 0.968 Reference
Drinking sugary drinks/soft drinks e.g., Coke, Pepsi	I don't drink 1–3 times/week More than 3 times/week	−0.421 −0.171	0.884 (0.53–1.455) 0.843 (0.547–1.298)	0.627 0.438 Reference

Reference category: normal BMI. All values in bold are statistically significant.