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Table 3.

Univariate multinomial analysis of factors associated with thinness and overweight/obesity among adolescents in eastern Sudan, 2023.

Variable		Underweight/Thinness		Overweight/Obese
		Odds Ratios (95.0% Confidence Interval)	p	Odds Ratios (95.0% Confidence Interval)	p
Age, years		1.03 (0.93–1.13)	0.527	1.11 (0.98–1.25)	0.098
Sex	Male	2.37 (1.45–3.88)	<0.001	1.17 (0.63–2.16)	0.619
	Female	Reference		Reference	0.619
Mother’s education	≥Secondary level	Reference		Reference	0.015
	˂Secondary level	1.05 (0.63–1.75)	0.831	0.35 (0.15–0.81)	0.015
Mother’s occupation	Housewife	Reference		Reference	0.196
Mother’s occupation	Employed	0.73 (0.40–1.32)	0.302	0.61 (0.29–1.28)	0.196
Father’s education	≥Secondary level	Reference		Reference	0.126
Father’s education	˂Secondary level	0.89 (0.51–1.55)	0.695	0.53 (0.23–1.19)	0.126
Father’s occupation	Labor	1.43 (0.86–2.38)	0.157	0.84 (0.45–1.55)	0.582
Father’s occupation	Skilled	Reference		Reference	0.582