Table 3.

The univariate and multiple logistic regression analysis of demographic, behavioral and psychological variables for factors related to childhood overweight and obesity

	OW& OB (n = 146)	Normal weight (n = 379)	OR (95% CI)a	P	OR (95% CI)b	P
Demographics Variables	N (%)	N (%)
Mother’s obesity
No	57 (39)	176 (46)	1.0
Yes	89 (61)	203 (54)	3.74 (2.12–7.20)	< 0.001	3.91 (1.35–6.86)	0.01
Birth weight
< 3	66 (45)	204 (54.3)	1.0		1.0
≥ 3	80 (55)	175 (45.7)	2.41 (1.26–4.98)	0.001	2.80 (1.24–5. 17)	0.02
Mother’s occupation
Housewife	68 (46.6)	198 (52.3)	1.0		1.0
Working	78 (53.4)	181 (47.7)	2.16 (1.04–3.35)	< 0.004	2.37 (1.18–4.21)	0.01
Behavioral Variables
Watching TV > 2 h/day
No	57 (39)	171 (45)	1.0		1.0
Yes	89 (61)	208 (55)	3.39 (1.13–5.47)	< 0.001	3.51 (1.20–8.66)	0.01
Computer games> 2 h/day
No	67 (46)	310 (81.8)	1		1
Yes	79 (54)	69 (18.2)	3.06 (1.08–6.32)	0.001	3.40 (1.24–7.32)	0.01
Daily breakfast eating (≥4/week)
Yes	56 (32)	299 (78.8)	1		1
No	99 (68)	80 (21.2)	2.10 (1.04–4.16)	0.001	2.88 (1.19–6.67)	0.03
Psychological variables
Perceived threat (mean, SD)	16.22 ± 4.35	21.56 ± 5.47	0.79 (0.72–0.84)	0.01	0.90 (0.85–0.94)	0.01
Health Promoting Lifestyle constructs
Healthy eating	12.38 ± 2.24	18.76 ± 2.21	0.76 (0.61–0.90)	0.001	0.83 (0.75–0.89)	0.001
Health responsibility	19.95 ± 4.32	29.88 ± 3.79	0.71 (0.52–0.82)	0.03	0.80 (0.72–0.93)	0.05
Physical activity	8.47 ± 2.11	13.76 ± 2.02	0.68 (0.49–0.90)	0.01	0.77 (0.65–0.82)	0.001
Stress management	12.24 ± 3.15	16.87 ± 3.68	0.58 (0.37–0.82)	0.001	0.69 (0.44–0.79)	0.001

^aObtained from univariate analysis

^bAdjusted OR obtained from multiple logistic regression analysis