Table 5.

ORs for sociodemographic factors associated with overweight/obesity among adults in Botswana, 2007, 2014 and 2017

Variables	2007 STEPS survey (95% CI)		2014 STEPS survey (95% CI)		2017 BDS (95% CI)
	UOR	AOR	UOR	AOR	UOR	AOR
Sex
Male	0.28 (0.17 to 0.45)	0.23 (0.15 to 0.35)	0.37 (0.30 to 0.46)	0.32 (0.25 to 0.42)	0.32 (0.31 to 0.34)	0.30 (0.29 to 0.31)
Female	1	1	1	1	1	1
Age
25–34	1	1	1	1	1	1
35–44	2.04 (1.51 to 2.75)	1.92 (1.38 to 2.67)	1.49 (1.08 to 2.05)	1.35 (0.96 to 1.88)	1.57 (1.36 to 1.80)	1.60 (1.40 to 1.81)
45–54	2.36 (1.45 to 3.82)	2.44 (1.40 to 4.26)	2.06 (1.47 to 2.88)	2.03 (1.44 to 2.84)	1.89 (1.72 to 2.07)	1.89 (1.71 to 2.10)
55–64	2.06 (1.73 to 2.45)	2.18 (1.58 to 3.01)	2.34 (1.71 to 3.20)	2.37 (1.71 to 3.29)	1.90 (1.75 to 2.07)	2.10 (1.94 to 2.27)
Citizenship
Motswana	1.23 (0.88 to 1.72)	0.95 (0.67 to 1.35)	0.81 (0.47 to 1.38)	0.73 (0.40 to 1.34)	0.75 (0.66 to 0.86)	0.61 (0.55 to 0.68)
Others	1	1	1	1	1	1
Work status
Working	1	1	1	1	1	1
Not working	1.02 (0.68 to 1.51)	1.70 (1.20 to 2.42)	1.80 (1.48 to 2.19)	2.05 (1.55 to 2.69)	1.10 (1.04 to 1.16)	1.34 (1.27 to 1.40)
Total	3402	3402	2548	2548	10 340	10 340

AOR, adjusted ORs; BDS, botswana demographic survey; UAR, unadjusted ORs.