Table 4.

Factors associated with thinness and overweight of school adolescents, Wolaita Sodo town, South Ethiopia, May 2015.

Nutritional status	Explanatory variables (N=655)	N (%)	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	p value
Thinness	Sex of students
	Male	25 (78.1)	3.17 (1.35–7.44)	4.07 (2.35–7.02)	0.001
	Female	7 (21.9)
	School type
	Government	11 (34.4)	0.36 (0.17–0.77)	0.37 (0.20–0.65)	0.001
	Private	21 (65.6)
	Maternal education
	No formal education	6 (18.8)	1.32 (0.44–3.85)	4.03 (1.82–8.92)	0.001
	Primary education	10 (31.2)	0.62 (0.24–1.57)	1.08 (0.58–2.02)	0.79
	Secondary education	7 (21.9)	0.53 (0.19–1.46)	0.79 (0.42–1.52)	0.49
	College and university	9 (28.1)
	Sex of household head
	Male	31 (96.9)	4.11 (0.55–30.61)	4.66 (1.30–16.69)	0.01
	Female	1 (3.1)
	House ownership
	Rented	7 (21.9)	1.86 (0.34–10.12)	4.11 (1.34–12.59)	0.01
	Owned	25 (78.1)
	Fruit intake per week
	No intake	3 (9.4)	2.86 (0.67–12.09)	3.09 (1.22–7.80)	0.01
	One day/week	3 (9.4)	1.43 (0.34–5.90)	1.15 (0.46–2.85)	0.75
	Two days/week	11 (34.3)	2.03 (0.73–5.62)	1.92 (0.99–3.69)	0.05
	Three days/week	9 (28.1)	1.34 (0.46–3.82)	1.49 (0.76–2.94)	0.23
	Four days and above	6 (18.8)
	Cattle ownership
	No cattle	25 (78.1)	3.25 (0.96–10.94)	4.92 (2.08–11.64)	0.002
	1–3 cattle	4 (12.5)	2.28 (0.49–10.4)	2.25 (0.84–5.99)	0.1
	Four and above	3 (9.4)
	Illness in the past 2 weeks
	Yes	7 (21.9)	2.14 (0.89–5.14)	2.67 (1.49–4.78)	0.001
	No	25 (78.1)
	Work besides education
	Yes	2 (6.3)	0.44 (0.10–1.89)	0.45 (0.17–1.17)	0.10
	No	30 (93.7)
	Skip meal
	Yes	19 (59.4)	1.73 (0.84–5.58)	1.70 (1.05–2.74)	0.02
	No	13 (40.6)
Overweight	Sex of students
	Male	3 (8.8)	0.1 (0.01-0.28)	0.1 (0.03-0.16)	0.001
	Female	31 (91.2)
	School type
	Government	19 (55.9)	0.88 (0.44–1.77)	0.96 (0.57–1.61)	0.89
	Private	15 (44.1)
	Maternal education
	No formal education	2 (6.1)	0.43 (0.09–2.08)	0.38 (0.13–1.11)	0.07
	Primary education	12 (36.4)	0.74 (0.30–1.82)	0.52 (0.27–1.00)	0.05
	Secondary education	10 (30.3)	0.75 (0.29–1.92)	0.72 (0.39–1.34)	0.31
	College and university	9 (27.2)
	Sex of household head
	Male	32 (94.1)	2.12 (0.49–9.05)	2.31 (0.92–5.79)	0.07
	Female	2 (5.9)
	House ownership
	Owned	25 (73.6)	0.63 (0.18–2.19)	0.37 (0.16–0.86)	0.01
	Rented	9 (26.4)
	Fruit intake per week
	No intake	2 (5.9)	1.27 (0.26–6.19)	1.86 (0.66–5.25)	0.23
	One day/week	3 (8.8)	0.95 (0.25–3.64)	1.85 (0.76–4.53)	0.17
	Two days/week	8 (23.5)	0.98 (0.37–2.61)	1.46 (0.76–2.80)	0.25
	Three days/week	12 (35.3)	1.19 (0.49–2.89)	1.63 (0.90–2.96)	0.10
	Four days and above	9 (26.5)
	Cattle ownership
	No cattle	21 (61.8)	0.81 (0.37–1.76)	0.37 (0.20–0.69)	0.002
	1–3 cattle	3 (8.8)	0.51 (0.13–1.91)	0.36 (0.14–0.89)	0.02
	Four and above	10 (29.4)
	Illness in the past 2 weeks
	Yes	5 (14.7)	1.32 (0.49–3.52)	1.15 (0.57–2.31)	0.69
	No	29 (85.3)
	Work besides education
	Yes	2 (5.9)	0.41 (0.09–1.76)	0.35 (0.10–1.24)	0.10
	No	32 (94.1)
	Skip meal
	Yes	16 (47.1)	1.05 (0.52–2.11)	1.09 (0.69–1.73)	0.7
	No	18 (52.9)

The reference category is normal weight adolescents; the bold indicates statistically significant variables; COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio.