Table 4.

Multiple Logistic Regression analysis assessing factors associated with overweight/obesity prevalence among students

Factors	BMI Threshold		TPBF threshold		RFM threshold
	OR (95%CI)	p-value	OR (95%CI)	p-value	OR (95%CI)	p-value
Gender
Male	1		1		1
Female	2.30(1.60–3.51)	< 0.01	1.78(1.26–2.51)	0.001	2.53(1.79–3.56)	< 0.001
Age (years)
< 20 years	1		1		1
≥ 20 years	1.41(0.84–2.36)	0.198	0.63(0.39–1.02)	0.060	0.78(0.49–1.24)	0.294
Year of Study
1st	1		1		1
2nd	0.62(0.35–1.09)	0.094	1.13(0.69–1.85)	0.625	0.95(0.59–1.53)	0.831
3rd	1.18(0.65–2.15)	0.577	2.77(1.59–4.82)	< 0.01	1.79(1.05–3.08)	0.034
4th	0.98(0.51–1.88)	0.944	3.26(1.76–6.04)	< 0.01	2.34(1.29–4.23)	< 0.01
Regular exercise
Never	1		1		1
Rarely	1.64(0.70–3.82)	0.702	1.01(0.49–2.11)	0.974	1.16(0.55–2.40)	0.692
Sometimes	1.29(0.64–2.63)	0.708	0.88(0.42–1.83)	0.735	1.13(0.54–2.30)	0.773
Almost everyday	0.91(0.35–2.40)	0.354	0.55(0.24–1.28)	0.166	0.78(0.34–1.78)	0.549
Alcohol intake (yes)	0.90(0.45–1.77)	0.750	0.94(0.91–1.76)	0.854	0.85(0.46–1.59)	0.613
Smoking (yes)	0.31(0.03–2.70)	0.286	0.20(0.03–1.75)	0.146	0.86(0.19–4.01)	0.852
Family history dx.
Hypertension	0.78(0.48–1.28)	0.323	0.85(0.55–1.31)	0.458	0.69(0.44–1.07)	0.096
Diabetes	1.19(0.75–1.89)	0.457	1.22(0.80–1.86)	0.354	1.16(0.76–1.76)	0.496
Obesity	3.48(2.04–5.91)	< 0.01	2.36(1.42–3.94)	0.001	1.98(1.18–3.30)	0.009

OR- odds ratios, CI- confidence intervals, BMI- body mass index, TPBF- total percentage body fat, RFM- relative fat mass, dx – diseases