Table 2.
Adjusted and unadjusted odds ratios for the associations between underweight and overweight among men and women and different characteristics, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2011
| Males | Females | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||||||||||||||||
| Normal BMI | Underweight | Overweight | Normal BMI | Underweight | Overweight | Normal BMI | Underweight | Overweight | Normal BMI | Underweight | Overweight | |||||||||
| OR | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | OR | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | OR | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | OR | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | |
| Age category | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 19–-34 years | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. |
| 35–49 years | 1·00 | 0·86 | 0·72, 1·04 | 1·77*** | 1·36, 2·33 | 1·00 | 0·81* | 0·67, 0·97 | 1·92*** | 1·45, 2·55 | 1· 00 | 1·01 | 0·92, 1·11 | 1·39*** | 1·25, 1·54 | 1·00 | 0·89* | 0·80, 0·98 | 1·65*** | 1·48, 1·84 |
| ≥50 years | 1·00 | 1·55*** | 1·31, 1·84 | 1·23 | 0·91, 1·65 | 1·00 | 1·27** | 1·05, 1·52 | 1·51* | 1·08, 2·11 | 1·00 | 1·91*** | 1·67, 2·19 | 1·12 | 0·92, 1·36 | 1·00 | 1·39*** | 1·18, 1·65 | 1·53** | 1·21, 1·93 |
| Residence | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rural | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Urban | 1·00 | 0·58*** | 0·47, 0·71 | 3·03*** | 2·37, 3·87 | 1·00 | 0·88 | 0·71, 1·08 | 1·95*** | 1·51, 2·52 | 1·00 | 0·50*** | 0·43, 0·57 | 2·49*** | 2·16, 2·88 | 1·00 | 0·72*** | 0·63, 0·83 | 1·54*** | 1·34, 1·79 |
| Wealth tertile | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Poor | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Middle | 1·00 | 0·74** | 0·62, 0·89 | 3·08*** | 1·85, 5·13 | 1·00 | 0·81* | 0·66, 0·97 | 2·46** | 1·45, 4·15 | 1·00 | 0·67*** | 0·59, 0·76 | 1·74*** | 1·45, 2·10 | 1·00 | 0·72*** | 0·63, 0·82 | 1·51*** | 1·24, 1·82 |
| Rich | 1·00 | 0·42*** | 0·35, 0·49 | 9·56*** | 6·24, 14·63 | 1·00 | 0·53*** | 0·43, 0·65 | 5·23*** | 3·27, 8·33 | 1·00 | 0·39*** | 0·35, 0·43 | 4·80*** | 4·15, 5·54 | 1·00 | 0·47*** | 0·41, 0·54 | 3·26*** | 2·81, 3·78 |
| Highest education level | ||||||||||||||||||||
| No education | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Primary | 1·00 | 0·63*** | 0·53, 0·76 | 2·31*** | 1·47, 3·64 | 1·00 | 0·72** | 0·59, 0·87 | 1·78* | 1·13, 2·82 | 1·00 | 0·75*** | 0·67, 0·84 | 1·38*** | 1·20, 1·60 | 1·00 | 0·89* | 0·79, 1·01 | 1·31** | 1·12, 1·54 |
| Secondary or higher | 1·00 | 0·41*** | 0·33, 0·49 | 5·47*** | 3·69, 8·11 | 1·00 | 0·57*** | 0·45, 0·72 | 2·86** | 1·87, 4·37 | 1·00 | 0·50*** | 0·44, 0·56 | 2·30*** | 2·02, 2·62 | 1·00 | 0·77*** | 0·67, 0·88 | 1·73*** | 1·50, 2·00 |
| Current marital status | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Not married | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Currently married | 1·00 | 0·48** | 0·31, 0·73 | 1·22 | 0·49, 2·99 | 1·00 | 0·58* | 0·38, 0·89 | 1·24 | 0·49, 3·14 | 1·00 | 0·53*** | 0·47, 0·60 | 1·05 | 0·88, 1·24 | 1·00 | 0·65*** | 0·56, 0·74 | 1·01 | 0·84, 1·22 |
| Current working status | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Currently working | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | 1·00 | Ref. | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Not working | 1·00 | 0·55*** | 0·45, 0·68 | 1·01 | 0·70, 1·45 | 1·00 | 0·72 | 0·55, 0·88 | 1·03 | 0·67, 1·58 | 1·00 | 0·95 | 0·83, 1·09 | 0·99 | 0·86, 1·15 | 1·00 | 0·98 | 0·86, 1·12 | 0·92 | 0·78, 1·07 |
Ref., reference category.
*P<0·05, **P<0·01, ***P<0·001.