Table 4.
Logistic regression results: association between height and diabetes among men in Namibia, 2013
| Characteristic | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | P | OR | 95% CI | P | OR | 95% CI | P | |
| Height (cm) | 1.04 | 1.01‐1.08 | 0.021** | 1.02 | 0.99‐1.06 | 0.17 | 1.02 | 0.98‐1.05 | 0.38 |
| Age (y) | 1.06 | 1.03‐1.09 | <0.001*** | 1.05 | 1.02‐1.09 | 0.002*** | |||
| Education | |||||||||
| None (ref.) | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Primary | 2.40 | 0.68‐8.52 | 0.18 | 2.37 | 0.66‐8.51 | 0.18 | |||
| Secondary | 3.64 | 0.96‐13.77 | 0.057* | 3.27 | 0.85‐12.57 | 0.084* | |||
| Higher | 4.96 | 1.25‐19.77 | 0.023** | 4.36 | 1.09‐17.45 | 0.038** | |||
| Wealth index | |||||||||
| Poorest | 1.47 | 0.50‐4.30 | 0.48 | 1.50 | 0.50‐4.48 | 0.47 | |||
| Poorer | 0.28 | 0.07‐1.09 | 0.066* | 0.28 | 0.07‐1.11 | 0.071* | |||
| Middle (ref.) | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Richer | 1.14 | 0.50‐2.63 | 0.76 | 0.93 | 0.42‐2.06 | 0.85 | |||
| Richest | 1.70 | 0.76‐3.83 | 0.20 | 1.14 | 0.52‐2.49 | 0.74 | |||
| Residency | |||||||||
| Urban (ref.) | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Rural | 0.84 | 0.45‐1.58 | 0.59 | 0.83 | 0.44‐1.56 | 0.56 | |||
| BMI | |||||||||
| Thin (<18.5) | 1.60 | 0.70‐3.67 | 0.26 | ||||||
| Normal (18.5‐25) (ref.) | 1 | ||||||||
| Overweight (25‐29.9) | 2.08 | 1.07‐4.03 | 0.030** | ||||||
| Obesity (>30.0) | 3.57 | 1.95‐6.53 | <0.001*** | ||||||
| Observations | 1,343 | 1,343 | 1,343 | ||||||
Estimates of odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs of explanatory variables for diabetes obtained from logistic regression models. Sample includes men aged 35 to 64 included in 2013 Namibia Demographic and Health Survey.
*
P < 0.1.
**
P < 0.05.
***
P < 0.01.
Ref., reference category.