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Table 2 Adjusted Odds ratios of being overweight by selected characteristics

From: Complex association between rural/urban residence, household wealth and women’s overweight: evidence from 30 cross-sectional national household surveys in Africa

 

Benin 2011 (N = 13633)

Botswana 2007 (N = 4904)

Burkina Faso 2010 (N = 6996)

Characteristic

Odds ratios

95% CI

Odds ratios

95% CI

Odds ratios

95% CI

Age

1.279

(1.218, 1.343)

1.187

(1.122, 1.254)

1.152

(1.062, 1.251)

Age-squared

0.997

(0.996, 0.999)

0.998

(0.998, 0.999)

0.998

(0.997, 1.00)

Urban

1.303

(0.962, 1.764)

1.962

(1.299, 2.964)

2.983

(1.620, 5.491)

Wealth

1.110

(1.060, 1.163)

1.139

(1.095, 1.185)

1.197

(1.104, 1.300)

Wealth*Urban/rural

1.056

(0.999, 1.117)

0.942

(0.901, 0.985)

0.960

(0.867, 1.061)

 

Burundi 2010 (N = 3807)

Cameroon 2011 (N = 6644)

Congo Braz. 2011/12 (N = 4634)

Characteristic

Odds ratios

95% CI

Odds ratios

95% CI

Odds ratios

95% CI

Age

1.113

(1.000, 1.238)

1.209

(1.149, 1.272)

1.485

(1.334, 1.652)

Age-squared

0.998

(0.996, 0.999)

0.998

(0.997, 0.999)

0.995

(0.993, 0.997)

Urban

6.147

(2.865, 13.188)

1.945

(1.351, 2.800)

1.892

(1.042, 3.435)

Wealth

1.242

(1.090, 1.416)

1.111

(1.052, 1.174)

1.177

(1.093, 1.268)

Wealth*Urban/rural

0.864

(0.749, 1.000)

0.944

(0.882, 1.010)

0.938

(0.823, 1.032)

 

Cote d’Ivoire 2012 (N = 3966)

DR Congo 2007 (N = 3800)

Ethiopia 2011 (N = 13675)

Characteristic

Odds ratios

95% CI

Odds ratios

95% CI

Odds ratios

95% CI

Age

1.322

(1.217, 1.437)

1.123

(1.030, 1.224)

1.156

(1.061, 1.259)

Age-squared

0.997

(0.995, 0.998)

0.999

(0.997, 1.000)

0.998

(0.997, 1.000)

Urban

3.425

(1.919, 6.111)

1.657

(1.245, 2.205)

2.685

(1.422, 5.069)

Wealth

1.107

(1.040, 1.178)

1.176

(1.117, 1.239)

1.286

(1.127, 1.467)

Wealth*Urban/rural

0.947

(0.867, 1.034)

N/A

 

0.952

(0.815, 1.113)

  1. Models include: educational level, breastfeeding status, marital status, use of contraception, region of residence, and religion