Table 4. Adjusted odds ratio (OR) for overweight/obesity and central obesity in Dakar (n = 984) and Tessekere (n = 496).

	Overweight/obesity		Obesity based on WHR		Obesity based on WC
Variables	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Dakar
Age (20–29)
30–39	2.39***	1.62–3.52	1.96**	1.32–2.92	2.89***	1.82–4.60
40–49	3.17***	2.03–4.95	5.34***	3.29–8.66	7.47***	4.24–13.18
≥ 50	5.38***	3.42–8.45	12.40***	7.35–20.93	29.51***	14.79–58.90
Gender (men)
Women	3.85***	2.81–5.29	13.24***	9.21–19.05	49.33***	26.74–91.01
Educational level (university)
None	1.47	0.80–2.72	1.23	0.70–2.18	1.43	0.65–3.16
Primary	1.85*	1.05–3.26	1.1	10.65–1.85	2.58*	1.24–5.40
Intermediate	1.96*	1.07–3.58	0.94	0.53–1.66	2.58*	1.17–5.68
Secondary	1.59	0.77–3.25	1.59	0.81–3.12	2.91*	1.17–7.21
Tessekere
Age (20–29)
30–39	2.35*	1.19–4.65	1.55	0.81–2.96	2.29	0.89–5.89
40–49	2.49*	1.13–5.46	2.53**	1.25–5.13	8.74***	3.34–22.83
≥ 50	3.89***	1.93–7.86	6.03***	3.13–11.60	7.67***	3.02–19.45
Gender (men)
Women	2.93***	1.71–5.02	10.08***	5.59–18.18	27.16***	8.15–90.55
Educational level (1 year or +)
None	0.57	0.31–1.05	1.07	0.57–2.00	0.56	0.23–1.34

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, WHR: waist-hip ratio.