Table 6.
The association between selected predictor variables and overweight and obesity among high school students in Bahir Dar city, North West Ethiopia, 2014.
| Variables | Categories | Overweight and obesity (n = 431) | AOR (95%CI for OR) | P value | |
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| Yes | No | ||||
| Sex | Male | 22 | 155 | 1.00 | 0.032∗ |
| Female | 50 | 204 | 1.93 (1.06–3.51) | ||
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| School grade level | Grade 9 | 27 | 193 | 1.00 | 0.265 |
| Grade 11 | 45 | 166 | 1.42 (0.77–2.63) | ||
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| School type | Governmental | 29 | 203 | 1.00 | 0.039∗ |
| Private | 49 | 156 | 1.80 (1.03–3.15) | ||
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| Family monthly income | <100 USD | 13 | 113 | 1.00 | |
| 100–250 USD | 11 | 117 | 0.87 (0.37–2.06) | <0.001∗ | |
| 251–400 USD | 16 | 56 | 2.66 (1.18–6.02) | ||
| >400 USD | 27 | 54 | 4.00 (1.84–8.72) | ||
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| Having family vehicle | Yes | 22 | 53 | 2.07 (1.08–3.94) | 0.028∗ |
| No | 50 | 306 | 1.00 | ||
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| Frequency of eating food out of home | One to two | 28 | 166 | 1.00 | 0.001∗ |
| Three to five times | 14 | 39 | 3.04 (1.97–9.49) | ||
| Greater than five times | 20 | 22 | 19.83 (3.96–99.23) | ||
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| Frequency of eating snack/day | One to two | 37 | 250 | 1.00 | 0.078 |
| Three to four | 32 | 43 | 2.53 (0.90–7.09) | ||
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| Eating when watching TV/film | Yes | 70 | 299 | 2.15 (0.20–22.86) | 0.64 |
| No | 2 | 60 | 1.00 | ||
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| Frequency of taking soft drink/week | One to two | 29 | 172 | 1.00 | |
| Three to five | 13 | 53 | 0.34 (0.04–3.19) | 0.25 | |
| Greater than five | 5 | 4 | 0.36 (0.03–3.88) | ||
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| Vigorous activity | Yes | 15 | 134 | 1.00 | 0.019∗ |
| No | 57 | 225 | 4.09 (1.26–13.32) | ||
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| Frequency of vigorous physical activity/week | One to three | 23 | 50 | 4.30 (1.32–14.05) | 0.04∗ |
| Four to six | 11 | 54 | 1.08 (0.28–4.02) | ||
| Greater than six | 22 | 134 | 1.00 | ||
Note: the asterisk (∗) shows that the variable is statistically associated with the dependent variable in the multivariable logistic regression analysis.