Table 3.

Association between the frequency of viewing television and overweight and obesity among reproductive age women of Myanmar, MDHS 2015–2016

Frequency of viewing Television	COR (95% CI)	P value	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Total
Not at all	Ref		Ref
Less than once a week	1.20 (1.03 to 1.40)	0.020*	1.01 (0.87 to 1.19)	0.870
At least once a week	1.49 (1.32 to 1.69)	<0.001*	1.16 (1.02 to 1.32)	0.023*
In urban areas
Not at all	Ref		Ref
Less than once a week	1.15 (0.80 to 1.67)	0.441	1.05 (0.73 to 1.51)	0.779
At least once a week	1.25 (0.93 to 1.69)	0.144	1.14 (0.85 to 1.52)	0.389
In rural areas
Not at all	Ref		Ref
Less than once a week	1.11 (0.93 to 1.32)	0.242	0.98 (0.82 to 1.17)	0.829
At least once a week	1.26 (1.10 to 1.44)	0.001*	1.16 (1.01 to 1.34)	0.040*

Results are based on ordered logistics regression and adjusted for age, place of residence, region of residence, highest educational status, current employment status, wealth index, parity and number of household members. The BMI <23 kg/m² group was held as the reference group.

AOR, adjusted OR; COR, crude OR; MDHS, Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey.

*p-value<0.05.