Table 7 Odds ratios of being overweight using pooled data from 30 African countries
All Africa (N = 208, 656) | Plus globalization variables | Plus health indicators | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Odds ratio | 99% CI | Odds ratio | 99% CI | Odds ratio | 99% CI |
Age | 1.263 | (1.248, 1.278) | 1.264 | (1.249, 1.279) | 1.271 | (1.255, 1.286) |
Age squared | 0.997 | (0.997,0.998) | 0.997 | (0.997, 0.998) | 0.997 | (0.997, 0.997) |
Urban resident | 2.112 | (1.957, 2.279) | 2.133 | (1.975, 2.305) | 2.209 | (2.040, 2.392) |
Absolute wealth | 1.158 | (1.147, 1.169) | 1.159 | (1.148, 1.170) | 1.164 | (1.152, 1.175) |
Interaction: Wealth*Urban/rural | 0.950 | (0.938, 0.962) | 0.949 | (0.937, 0.961) | 0.947 | (0.935, 0.959) |
Macro-level variables | ||||||
LN GNI | 1.892 | (0.910, 3.931) | 0.583 | (0.303, 1.122) | ||
% urban population | 0.994 | (0.976, 1.012) | 0.991 | (0.977, 1.005) | ||
% female overweight | 1.041 | (1.027, 1.067) | ||||
Life expectancy at birth | 0.979 | (0.949,1.009) | ||||
HIV prevalence | 0.972 | (0.939, 1.006) | ||||
Random coefficients | ||||||
Cluster level variance | 0.218 (0.008) | 0.231 (0.008) | 0.264 (0.009) | |||
Country-level variance | 0.247 (0.064) | 0.211(0.055) | 0.069 (0.018) | |||