Table 3 Adjusted Odds ratios of being overweight by selected characteristics
Gabon 2012 (N = 4599) | Ghana 2008 (N = 4185) | Guinea 2012 (N = 3876) | ||||
Characteristic | Odds ratios | 95% CI | Odds ratios | 95% CI | Odds ratios | 95% CI |
Age | 1.267 | (1.169, 1.373) | 1.358 | (1.259, 1.466) | 1.242 | (1.140, 1.353) |
Age-squared | 0.998 | (0.996, 0.998) | 0.996 | (0.995, 0.997) | 0.997 | (0.996, 0.999) |
Urban | 2.983 | (1.682, 5.290) | 3.513 | (2.092, 5.900) | 2.817 | (1.554, 5.106) |
Wealth | 1.199 | (1.083, 1.328) | 1.216 | (1.138, 1.300) | 1.180 | (1.076, 1.295) |
Wealth*Urban/rural | 0.853 | (0.758, 0.961) | 0.899 | (0.826, 0.978) | 0.916 | (0.826, 1.016) |
Kenya 2008/9 (N = 7187) | Lesotho 2009 (N = 3593) | Liberia 2007 (N = 5757) | ||||
Characteristic | Odds ratios | 95% CI | Odds ratios | 95% CI | Odds ratios | 95% CI |
Age | 1.216 | (1.135, 1.302) | 1.188 | (1.101, 1.281) | 1.277 | (1.177, 1.387) |
Age-squared | 0.998 | (0.997, 0.999) | 0.998 | (0.997, 0.999) | 0.997 | (0.996, 0.998) |
Urban | 4.304 | (2.466, 7.512) | 0.734 | (0.424, 1.268) | 3.242 | (2.299, 4.571) |
Wealth | 1.239 | (1.169, 1.313) | 1.150 | (1.101, 1.201) | 1.348 | (1.230, 1.477) |
Wealth*Urban/rural | 0.824 | (0.757, 0.904) | 1.043 | (0.966, 1.125) | 0.790 | (0.711, 0.878) |
Madagascar 2009 (N = 7153) | Malawi 2010 (N = 6405) | Mali 2006 (N = 11304) | ||||
Characteristic | Odds ratios | 95% CI | Odds ratios | 95% CI | Odds ratios | 95% CI |
Age | 1.421 | (1.266, 1.594) | 1.240 | (1.149, 1.336) | 1.221 | (1.136, 1.312) |
Age-squared | 0.995 | (0.994, 0.997) | 0.997 | (0.996, 0.998) | 0.998 | (0.997, 0.999) |
Urban | 2.255 | (1.230, 4.133) | 1.800 | (1.033, 3.136) | 3.907 | (2.426, 6.295) |
Wealth | 1.352 | (1.265, 1.444) | 1.150 | (1.091, 1.213) | 1.112 | (1.041, 1.189) |
Wealth*Urban/rural | 0.882 | (0.803, 0.969) | 0.983 | (0.898, 1.076) | 0.932 | (0.842, 1.032) |