Table 2.
Covariates of obesity in Czech adolescents – year 2022
| 95% CI | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%)a | OR | lower-upper | |
| SES | |||
| low | 2760 (21.8) | Ref. | |
| medium | 5983 (47.3) | 0.77* | 0.63–0.93 |
| high | 3899 (30.2) | 0.55‡ | 0.44–0.70 |
| Gender | |||
| Girls | 6379 (50.5) | Ref. | |
| Boys | 6263 (49.5) | 2.98‡ | 2.48–3.58 |
| Age Category | |||
| 15 years | 4011 (31.7) | Ref. | |
| 13 years | 4387 (34.7) | 1.26* | 1.02–1.55 |
| 11 years | 4244 (33.6) | 1.46‡ | 1.18–1.81 |
| 60 min of MVPA | |||
| 0–6 days | 9863 (78.3) | Ref. | |
| 7 days | 2734 (21.6) | 0.56‡ | 0.44–0.72 |
| VPA | |||
| < 3 times a week | 5721 (45.5) | Ref. | |
| ≥ 3 times a week | 6843 (54.5) | 0.76† | 0.64–0.91 |
| Participation in organised sport | |||
| Inactive (no participation) | 5014 (39.9) | Ref. | |
| Team and/or individual | 7539 (60.1) | 0.71‡ | 0.60–0.85 |
| Screen time | |||
| ≥ 4 h per weekday | 3077 (25.2) | Ref. | |
| < 4 h per weekday | 9110 (74.8) | 0.58‡ | 0.45–0.74 |
| Breakfast pattern | |||
| never | 863 (6.9) | Ref. | |
| inconsistent | 2117 (16.9) | 0.77 | 0.56–1.07 |
| daily on weekend days only | 2038 (16.2) | 0.80 | 0.57–1.11 |
| always-weekend, occasionally during the week | 2427 (19.3) | 0.68* | 0.49–0.95 |
| daily | 5111 (40.7) | 0.62† | 0.46–0.85 |
| Consumption of sweets | |||
| daily | 10,052 (79.9) | Ref. | |
| less than daily | 2522 (20.1) | 1.43† | 1.13–1.80 |
| Sleeping pattern | |||
| insufficient weekend + week | 1899 (15.5) | Ref. | |
| excessive at the weekend + week | 2251 (18.4) | 0.61† | 0.46–0.83 |
| sufficient weekend, insufficient week | 3856 (31.5) | 0.89 | 0.70–1.12 |
| sufficient weekend + week | 4230 (34.6) | 0.71† | 0.56–0.91 |
SES Socioeconomic status, CI 95% confidence interval, %a percentage of obese adolescents per independent variable, OR odds ratio (logistic regression) of being obese, Ref. Reference group, PA physical activity, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, VPA vigorous physical activity, *p < .05, †p < .005, ‡p < .001 Significant associations (p < .05) are in bold