Table 2.

Socio-demographic and behavioural predictors of obesity by logistic regression among the study population (N = 1249)

RISK FACTOR	UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS OR (95% CI)	P-VALUE	MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OR (95% CI)	P-VALUE
Age groups
18-24	1		1
25-34	2.6(1.6-4.3)	< 0.001	2.3(1.4-3.9)	0.002
35-44	5.6(3.4-9.4)	< 0.001	4.7 (2.6-8.3)	< 0.001
45-54	6.5(3.8-11.5)	< 0.001	5.3 (2.8-10.0)	< 0.001
55+	6.4(3.5-11.6)	< 0.001	5.1 (2.5-10.4)	< 0.001
Sex
Male	1		1
Female	3.3(2.3-4.8)	< 0.001	3.6 (2.2-5.4)	< 0.001
Marital status
Single	1		1
Married/Cohabiting	3.4(2.3-5.0)	< 0.001	1.6 (1.0-2.4)	0.054
Divorcee	4.7(2.5-8.8)	< 0.001	1.6 (0.8-3.2)	0.195
Widow(er)	5.5(2.9-10.4)	< 0.001	1.2 (0.6-2.5)	0.670
Education
Informal	1		1
Primary	0.7(0.4-1.0)	0.073	0.9 (0.6-1.6)	0.923
Secondary	0.5(0.3-0.8)	0.005	0.8 (0.4-1.5)	0.548
Post-secondary	0.7(0.3-1.7)	0.478	1.6 (0.6-4.2)	0.302
Socioeconomic status
Low	1		1
Medium	1.3 (0.6-3.1)	0.545	1.5 (0.6-3.8)	0.362
High	3.2 (1.3-7.8)	0.009	2.6 (1.0-6.4)	0.053
Physical activity
Light	1		1
Moderate	0.8 (0.5-1.1)	0.165	0.8 (0.6-1.3)	0.399
Vigorous	0.2 (0.1-0.4)	0.001	0.4 (0.2-0.8)	0.005