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. 2020 Aug 14;2020:5610834. doi: 10.1155/2020/5610834

Table 3.

A univariable analysis of factors associated with the nutritional status of adolescents.

Variables Univariable logistic regression
Thinness Overweight/Obesity
cOR (95% CI) p value cOR (95% CI) p value
Gender (girl§) 0.507
 Boy 0.8 (0.36–164) 0.495 1.2 (0.70–2.08)

Grade (Grade 5§) 0.088
 Grade 6 1.0 (0.36–2.71) 0.984 1.9 (0.91–3.74)
 Grade 7 0.5 (0.20–1.22) 0.130 2.3 (1.12–4.57) 0.023

Age (year) (15–17§) 0.307
 18-19 0.5 (0.24–1.17) 0.117 1.4 (0.75–2.48)

Birth order (>2nd birth) 0.477
 1st and 2nd birth 1.3 (0.54–3.12) 0.556 1.3 (0.64–2.63)

Daily allowance (kip) (>20000 kip§) (1$ = 8000 kip) 0.838
  ≤20000 1.0 (0.40–2.46) 0.997 1.1 (0.55–2.07)

History of chronic diseases (no§) 0.355
 Yes 0.6 (0.17–1.78) 0.319 6 (0.51–1.96)

Food supplements (no§) 0.243
 Yes 1.4 (0.56–3.37) 0.485 0.7 (0.36–1.30)

Living arrangement (parents§) 0.022
 Guardians 1.4 (0.47–4.38) 0.520 0.3 (1.10–0.83)

Father's education (college/university§) 0.646
 Below college level 1.1 (0.46–2.64) 0.825 1.2 (0.63–2.09)

Mother's education (college/university§) 0.443
 Below college level 0.4 (0.41–1.10) 0.074 1.3 (0.69–2.33)

Guardians' education (college/university§) NA
 Below college level 0.2 (0.02–2.10) 0.178 NA

Father's occupation (government§) 0.158
 Nongovernment 1.6 (0.66–3.74) 0.302 1.6 (0.83–3.09)

Mother's occupation (government§) 0.469
 Nongovernment 1.0 (0.28–3.31) 0.945 0.8 (0.35–1.63)
 Unemployed 0.8 (0.23–2.57) 0.661 0.7 (0.31–1.48) 0.320

Guardians' occupation (government§) 0.871
 Nongovernment NA NA 0.8 (0.11–6.67)

Number of siblings (1-2§) 0.407
 >2 0.9 (0.42–1.92) 0.782 0.8 (0.46–1.38)

Household members (2–4§) 0.521
 >4 1.6 (0.76–3.49) 0.209 0.8 (0.48–1.45)

Sources of nutrition information 0.061
Textbook (yes§)
 No 0.7 (0.30–1.78) 0.485 1.9 (0.94–3.88)

Newspaper or magazine (yes§) 0.377
 No 1.0 (0.44–2.35) 0.964 0.8 (0.43–1.38)

Television (yes§) 0.113
 No 1.1 (0.50–2.42) 0.813 0.6 (0.34–1.12)

Radio (yes§) 0.550
 No 0.3 (0.03–1.96) 0.189 0.8 (0.35–1.74)

Family members (yes§) 0.673
 No 1.2 (0.55–2.52) 0.665 0.9 (0.52–1.54)

Teacher (yes§) 0.010
 No 0.4 (0.18–0.91) 0.029 2.1 (1.19–3.68)

Friends (yes§) 0.691
 No 0.6 (0.28–1.35) 0.225 0.9 (0.52–1.54)

Social media (yes§) 0.685
 No 0.8 (0.27–2.62) 0.763 1.2 (0.52–2.72)

Health program activities in community (yes§) 0.503
 No 0.2 (0.03–1.70) 0.147 1.4 (0.56–3.27)

Health program activities in school (yes§) 0.708
 No 0.9 (0.38–2.32) 0.899 1.1 (0.59–2.19)

School type (government§) 0.216
 Private 2.72 (1.12–6.6) 0.027 07 (0.39–1.23)

Nutrition knowledge (good§) 0.777
 Poor and fair 0.7 (0.29–1.57) 0.360 0.9 (0.46–1.78)

Nutrition attitude (fair and good§) 0.852
 Poor 0.5 (0.22–1.17) 0.114 0.9 (0.47–1.88)

Eating habit (fair and high§) (adjusted) 0.035
 Poor 1.5 (0.71–3.26) 0.285 2.0 (1.05–3.78)

Physical activity level (moderate and high§) <0.001
 Low 1.6 (0.76–3.54) 0.204 18.8 (5.73–61.84)

§Reference group (normal weight), p value is significant at <0.05; cOR: crude odds ratio.