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Table 5 Association between explanatory variables and childhood overweight and obesity among primary school children in Dire Dawa City of Eastern Ethiopia, March 2016 [n = 448]

From: Childhood overweight, obesity and associated factors among primary school children in dire dawa, eastern Ethiopia; a cross-sectional study

Variables

Frequency

Overweight and Obesity

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

P value

Yes

No

Maternal occupation

Housewife

176

29

147

1.0

1.0

 

Employee

116

22

94

1.2 (0.6, 2.2)

1.2 (0.5, 3.2)

0.727

Private business

156

41

115

1.8 (1.1,3.1)

1.2 (0.5, 2.6)

0.881

Family own car

Yes

41

28

13

11.5 (5.7,23.5)

1.1 (0.4,3.4)

0.864

No

407

64

343

1.0

1.0

 

School type

Government

325

36

289

1.0

1.0

 

Private

123

56

67

6.7 (4.1,11.1)

3.4 (1.4,8.5)

0.007

Monthly income

Below the mean

240

6

234

1.0

1.0

 

Above the mean

208

86

122

17.5 (11.7,34.7)

16.9 (6.5,23.9)

0.000

Vigorous-sports

Yes

163

9

154

1.0

1.0

 

No

285

83

202

7.0 (3.4,14.4)

3.8 (1.5, 9.8)

0.005

Spend your free time

Reading

269

16

253

1.0

1.0

 

Watch TV, video

139

49

90

8.6 (4.7,15.9)

3.57 (1.6,7.9)

0.002

Computer Play

40

27

13

22.8 (14.3,35.5)

4.6 (1.4,15.4)

0.013

Sleeping in afternoon

Yes

52

29

23

6.7 (3.6,12.3)

2.6 (1.0,6.7)

0.049

No

396

63

333

1.0

1.0

 

Having close friends

Yes

228

33

195

1.0

1.0

 

No

220

59

161

2.2 (1.4,3.5)

2.9 (1.4,6.2)

0.004

Sweetened foods

Yes

210

61

149

2.7 (1.7, 4.4)

2.3 (1.1, 5.1)

0.039

No

238

31

207

1.0

1.0

 

Fruits

Yes

217

38

179

1.0

1.0

 

No

231

54

177

1.4 (0.9, 2.3)

1.2 (0.3,5.4)

0.788

Vegetables

Yes

231

41

190

1.0

1.0

 

No

217

51

166

1.4 (1.0, 2.3)

1.3 (0.3, 5.1)

0.742

Snack

Yes

246

58

188

2.1 (1.1,4.2)

1.6 (0.7,3.3)

0.237

No

202

34

168

1.0

1.00

 

Number of meals per day

<3 times

28

9

19

1.00

1.00

 

> = 3 times

420

83

337

1.9 (0.8, 4.4)

0.8 (0.2,2.9)

0.712

  1. Explanatory variables such as maternal education, religion and family size were excluded after binary regression