Table 2.
Correlates of Central Obesity (WC ≥ 90 cm in Males and WC ≥ 80 cm in Females) (backward elimination logistic regression modeling).
| Variables | Adjusted |
95% |
|---|---|---|
| Odds Ratios (AOR) | Confidence Intervals (CI) | |
| Female gender | 2.63 | 2.01–3.45 |
| Age (45–64) | 1.68 | 1.28–2.20 |
| SES – middle | 2.46 | 1.67–3.61 |
| SES – High | 3.12 | 1.79–5.42 |
| Physical inactivity | 1.66 | 1.26–2.21 |
| Family History Diabetes | 1.64 | 1.21–2.24 |
| Hypertension | 2.37 | 1.78–3.14 |
| Diabetes | 2.28 | 1.53–3.40 |
| Hypertriglyceridaemia | 2.08 | 1.58–2.73 |
WC: waist circumference, SES: Socio economic status.