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. 2019 Jan 1;10(1):1–10. doi: 10.15171/ijoem.2019.1425
Table 4: Independent predictors of childhood overweight/obesity
Characteristics Crude OR (95% CI) Adj OR (95% CI)
Mother's education
Educated 1.59 (0.75 to 3.36) 0.46 (0.17 to 1.23)
Uneducated 1 1
Mother's occupation
Employed 1.84 (1.14 to 2.96) 1.27 (0.73 to 2.20)
Unemployed 1 1
Mother parity
≤2 children 2.02 (1.02 to 3.99) 1.70 (0.75 to 3.84)
>2 children 1 1
Type of family
Joint/Extended 2.06 (1.27 to 3.27) 10.63 (0.36 to 1.10)
Nuclear 1 1
Wealth status
Low-income 2.43 (1.50 to 3.94) 1.36 (0.70 to 2.61)
High-income 1 1
Age group (yrs)
6–9 1.62 (0.94 to 2.81) 1.12 (0.56 to 2.22)
10–13 1 1
Sex
Male 1.49 (0.93 to 2.38) 1.49 (0.84 to 2.63)
Female 1 1
Transportation to go to school
Active 2.58 (1.59 to 4.17) 2.24 (1.21 to 4.13)
Passive 1 1
Watching television
Yes 3.64 (1.28 to 10.35) 0.38 (0.12 to 1.22)
No 1 1
Consumption of sugary snack
No 3.11 (1.63 to 5.95) 2.57 (1.12 to 5.91)
Yes 1 1
Consumption salty/savory snack
No 2.99 (1.84 to 4.89) 4.13 (1.71 to 9.96)
Yes 1 1
Consumption of sugary beverage
No 2.62 (1.62 to 4.24) 1.47 (0.65 to 3.29)
Yes 1 1
Accessibility to a park
No access 3.21 (1.77 to 5.82) 0.58 (0.03 to 8.86)
Easy access 1 1
Use of a green space
Seldom 7.70 (1.69 to 35.08) 3.11 (0.49 to 19.63)
Often 1 1
Level of physical activity
>7 hrs/wk 21.14 (2.72 to 64.38) 5.22 (0.54 to 49.78)
≤7 hrs/wk 1 1
Distance to green space
≤1 km 1 1
>1 km 59.58 (14.40 to 246.00) 27.46 (6.10 to 123.54)