Table 2.
Magnitude of adulthood obesity, overweight and abdominal obesity by famine exposure status, sex of participant and residency, Wollo Zone, Raya Kobo district, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 1384)
| Famine exposure status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Early life exposeda | Prenatal exposed | Postnatal exposed | Adolescence exposed | Non-exposed | P-value |
| Overweight, n (%) | 159 (15.4) | 49 (14.2) | 45 (13.2) | 65 (18.8) | 51 (14.6) | 0.05 |
| Sex, n (%) | ||||||
| Female | 80 (13.5) | 20 (9.9) | 27 (13.0) | 33 (18.2) | 16 (9. 4) | 0.70 |
| Male | 79 (17.9) | 29 (28.6) | 18 (13.3) | 32 (19.4) | 35 (9.4) | |
| Residence (%) | ||||||
| Urban | 58 (17.9) | 15 (14.0) | 17 (16.5) | 26 (22.8) | 10 (9.8) | 0.67 |
| Rural | 101 (14.3) | 34 (14.3) | 28 (11.7) | 39 (16.8) | 41 (16.5) | |
| General Obesity, n (%) | 91 (8.8) | 77 (22.4) | (1.2) | 10 (1.9) | 77 (22.0) | < 0.001* |
| Sex, n (%) | ||||||
| Female | 53 (9.0%) | 47 (23.0) | 2 (1.0) | 4 (2.0) | 46 (27.1) | < 0.001* |
| Male | 38 (8.6%) | 30 (21.3) | 2 (1.5) | 6 (3.6%) | 31 (17.2) | |
| Residence, n (%) | ||||||
| Urban | 32 (9.9) | 23 (22.5) | 1 (1.0) | 9 (7.9) | 23 (22.5) | < 0.001* |
| Rural | 59 (8.3) | 55 (23.7) | 3 (1.3) | 1 (0.1) | 54 (21.8) | |
| Abdominal obesity, n (%) | 335 (32.5) | 102 (29.7) | 109 (31.9) | 124 (35.8) | 108 (30.9) | 0.57 |
| Sex, n (%) | ||||||
| Female | 179 (30.3) | 59 (29.1) | 64 (30.9) | 56 (30.9) | 53 (31.2) | 0.82 |
| Male | 156 (35.4) | 43 (30.5) | 45 (33.3) | 68 (41.2) | 55 (30.6) | |
| Residence, n (%) | ||||||
| Urban | 119 (36.7) | 32 (29.9) | 35 (34.0) | 52 (45.6) | 33 (32.4) | 0.42 |
| Rural | 216 (30.5) | 70 (29) | 74 (31.0) | 72 (31.0) | 75 (30.2) | |
aPrenatal, post-natal and adolescence exposed, P-value—represents χ2-test for categorical variables, * Statistical significance