Table 4.

Crude odds ratio of independent socio-demographic factors associated with overweight and obesity among pensioners in Ghana

Variable	N (%)	Crude Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval
Sex
Male	3300 (69.0)	-	-
Female	1482 (31.0)	4.1	3.6–4.7
Age
Less than 65	1664 (37.3)	-	-
65–69	1519 (34.1)	0.7	0.6–0.9
70–74	793 (17.8)	0.5	0.4–0.6
75–79	345 (7.7)	0.4	0.3–0.5
≥ 80	137 (3.1)	0.3	0.2–0.5
Social class
I [Professional]	313 (7.1)	5.6	4.2–7.6
II [Managerial/technical]	799 (18.1)	1.9	1.6–2.4
III [(N) Skilled non-manual]	1333 (30.0)	2.1	1.7–2.6
III [(M) Skilled Manual]	402 (9.1)	1.2	0.9–1.5
IV [Partly skilled]	885 (20.0)	1.4	1.2–1.8
V [Unskilled]	694 (15.7)	-	-
Current Marital status
Never Married	76 (1.7)	-	-
Married	3238 (73.1)	0.8	05–1.2
Widow/Widower	712 (16.1)	1.5	0.9–2.4
Divorced	220 (5.0)	1.5	0.9–2.6
Separated	182 (4.1)	1.2	0.7–2.1
Highest Formal Educational Level
None	493 (12.0)	-	-
Basic/ MSLC#	1634 (39.8)	1.8	1.4–2.3
Secondary	630 (15.4)	2.0	1.6–2.7
Tertiary	1177 (28.7)	3.0	2.4–3.8
Others	168 (4.1)	2.7	1.9–3.9
Ethnicity
Ga-Dangme	188 (3.9)	2.1	1.4–3.0
Akan	2283 (47.4)	1.6	1.3–2.0
Ewe	763 (15.9)	1.5	1.2–1.9
Guan	100 (2.1)	1.5	1.0–2.3
Mole-Dagomba	846 (17.6)	0.7	0.5–0.9
Other ethnic groups	633 (13.2)	-	-
Religion
Christianity	3894 (86.8)	0.9	0.3–2.4
Islam	480 (10.7)	0.6	0.2–1.5
Traditional	94 (2.1)	0.1	0.0–0.3
Others	19 (0.4)	-	-

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