Table 4.

Various independent factors associated with childhood overweight/obesity, Turkey, 2012.

	0–23 months old children1,2			24–59 months old children3,4
	OR	CI	P	OR	CI	P
Age group (months)
0-5 months	Ref.		<0.001
6-11 months	1.933	0.947-3.948
12-23 months	2.891	1.628-5.133
Birth weight
Low	Ref.		0.022
Normal	1.382	0.853-2,239
High	2.368	1.263-4.440
Status of mother obesity
Obese	2.092	1.338-3.272	0.001
Not obese	Ref.
Status of mother education
No education				Ref.		0.018
Elementary school				2.276	1.089-4.757
Secondery school				1.387	0.593-3.241
High school and higher				0.884	0.323-2.423
Maternal smoking status
Smoking	2.071	1.287-3.334	0.003
Not smoking	Ref.
Consanguineous marriage
Yes				2.865	1.835-4.472	<0.001
No				Ref.
Regions
West				2.776	1.486-5.186	0.001
South				1.346	0.683-2.654
Middle				2.796	1.538-5.085
North				1.823	0.926-3.591
East				Ref.

1Percentage of correct classification: 85.9%. 2Adjusted for sex of child, still breastfeeding, status of mother education, status of father education,consanguineous marriage, welfare level, regions and residence. 3Percentage of correct classification: 89.7%. 4Adjusted for sex of child, age group (months), birth weight, status of mother obesity, status of father education, maternal smoking status, welfare level and residence.