Table 5.

Variables associated with obesity alone in adult men and women from Buea, Southwest region of Cameroon, 2016

Characteristics	Women (n = 700)				Men (n = 431)
	Bivariate analysis		Multivariable analysis (R ² = 0.14)		Bivariate analysis		Multivariable analysis (R ² = 0.11)
	O.R. (95% CI)	p-value	aO.R. (95% CI)	p-value	O.R. (95% CI)	p-value	aO.R. (95% CI)	p-value
Age categories
≤ 31 years	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
> 31 years	4.11 (2.46–6.85)	<0.0001	2.43 (1.50–3.73)	<0.0001	2.72 (1.11–6.80)	0.033	1.51 (0.51–4.55)	0.465
Level of education
High (diploma + university)	Ref		Ref		Ref
Low-moderate (secondary + high school)	1.82 (1.16–2.85)	0.009	1.31 (1.08–2.61)	0.121	0.91 (0.38–2.18)	0.840	-
Married
No	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
Yes	2.35 (1.51–3.67)	<0.0001	1.85 (1.13–2.89)	0.011	4.33 (1.79–10.43)	0.001	3.07 (1.20–8.71)	0.032
Monthly income
< 50,000 FCFA (< USD100)	Ref		Ref		Ref
50–100,000 FCFA (USD100–200)	2.00 (1.23–3.27)	0.006	1.13 (1.02–2.98)	0.103	0.51 (0.18–1.43)	0.199	-
> 100,000 FCFA (> USD 200)	2.06 (0.99–4.26)	0.050	1.20 (1.10–3.15)	0.245	0.52 (0.14–1.89)	0.319	-
Frequency of physical activity (min. of 30mins)
≥ 3 times/ week	Ref				Ref		Ref
0–2 times/ week	1.01 (0.65–1.58)	0.950	-		1.97 (0.77–5.01)	0.155	1.28 (0.56–4.32)	0.352
Alcohol Use
No	Ref				Ref
Yes	1.02 (0.486–2.13)	0.936	-		1.07 (0.38–2.98)	0.896	-
Smoking status
No	Ref				Ref
Former	0.55 (0.07–4.27)	0.566	-		1.42 (0.40–5.02)	0.590	-
Current	0.87 (0.21–3.65)	0.803	-		0.65 (0.08–5.10)	0.682	-