Table 2.
Factors associated with overweight and obesity among KG children in Bahirdar Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015
| Variables | Overweight/obesity | Crude odds ratio (95% CI) |
Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n#) | No (n#) | |||
| DDS | ||||
| Low | 3 | 110 | 1.00 | 1 |
| Medium | 6 | 157 | 1.40 (0.34, 6.72) | 1.35 (0.31, 5.75) |
| High | 23 | 163 | 5.17 (1.51–17.65) | 5.12 (1.42–18.47)* |
| Frequency of snack | ||||
| None | 4 | 80 | 1 | 1 |
| One | 13 | 255 | 1.02(0.32, 3.21) | 2.07 (0.58, 7.31) |
| Two | 15 | 95 | 3.15(1.00–9.89 | 0.68 (0.19–2.39) |
| Family/private care | ||||
| No | 27 | 405 | 1 | 1 |
| yes | 5 | 25 | 3.00 (1.06, 8.45) | 3.43 (1.02–11.49)* |
| Family size | ||||
| <5 | 25 | 219 | 3.44 (1.45, 8.12) | 4.76 (1.84–12.31)* |
| ≥5 | 7 | 211 | 1 | 1 |
| Age of child | ||||
| 36–60 months | 19 | 312 | 1 | |
| 61–72 months | 13 | 118 | 1.81 (0.87, 3.78) | |
* Significant at p value < 0.05