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. 2023 Oct 25;23:2092. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17010-x

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