Table 4.
Malnutrition | Factors | B | P value | AOR | 95% CI for OR | |
Lower bound | Upper bound | |||||
Underweight (BMI <18.5 kg/m2) | Age (years) | |||||
<45 | −0.252 | <0.001* | 0.777 | 0.696 | 0.869 | |
≥45 | Reference | |||||
Sex | ||||||
Female | −0.147 | 0.050 | 0.863 | 0.745 | 1.000 | |
Male | Reference | |||||
Education | ||||||
Literate | −0.346 | <0.001* | 0.707 | 0.634 | 0.789 | |
Illiterate | Reference | |||||
Marital status | ||||||
Married | −0.396 | <0.001* | 0.673 | 0.542 | 0.835 | |
Unmarried | Reference | |||||
Occupation | ||||||
Housewife | −0.037 | 0.634 | 0.964 | 0.828 | 1.122 | |
Employed | 0.316 | 0.001* | 1.371 | 1.133 | 1.659 | |
Unemployed | Reference | |||||
Red meat intake | ||||||
Yes | −0.141 | 0.019* | 0.869 | 0.772 | 0.977 | |
No | Reference | |||||
Added salt intake | ||||||
Yes | 0.327 | <0.001* | 1.387 | 1.249 | 1.540 | |
No | Reference | |||||
Physical inactivity | ||||||
Yes | 0.142 | 0.028* | 1.152 | 1.016 | 1.308 | |
No | Reference | |||||
Inadequate fruit/vegetable intake | ||||||
Yes | 0.030 | 0.614 | 1.030 | 0.917 | 1.157 | |
No | Reference | |||||
Overweight/obesity (BMI ≥25.0 kg/m2) | Age (years) | |||||
<45 | −0.039 | 0.477 | 0.961 | 0.862 | 1.072 | |
≥45 | Reference | |||||
Sex | ||||||
Female | 0.581 | <0.001* | 1.788 | 1.511 | 2.115 | |
Male | Reference | |||||
Education | ||||||
Literate | 0.547 | <0.001* | 1.727 | 1.532 | 1.948 | |
Illiterate | Reference | |||||
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 0.775 | <0.001* | 2.170 | 1.601 | 2.942 | |
Unmarried | Reference | |||||
Occupation | ||||||
Housewife | 0.205 | 0.011* | 1.228 | 1.049 | 1.438 | |
Employed | −0.108 | 0.407 | 0.897 | 0.695 | 1.159 | |
Unemployed | Reference | |||||
Red meat intake | ||||||
Yes | 0.252 | <0.001* | 1.287 | 1.152 | 1.438 | |
No | Reference | |||||
Added salt intake | ||||||
Yes | −0.378 | <0.001* | 0.685 | 0.619 | 0.758 | |
No | Reference | |||||
Physical inactivity | ||||||
Yes | 0.017 | 0.813 | 1.017 | 0.886 | 1.167 | |
No | Reference | |||||
Inadequate fruit/vegetable intake | ||||||
Yes | −0.181 | 0.002* | 0.835 | 0.745 | 0.935 | |
No | Reference |
*Significant at a threshold of p<0.05.
AOR, adjusted odds ratio; BMI, body mass index.