Overweight and obesity in children aged 3–13 years in urban Cameroon: a cross-sectional study of prevalence and association with socio-economic status

Table 4 Associations between SES and overweight/obesity in multivariate models

Outcome HSES vs. LSES	Adjusted OR	95% CI	P value
Model 1 [Adjusted for age and gender]	2.40	1.70, 3.40	<0.001
Model 2 [Adjusted for age, gender and early life factors*]	2.23	1.45, 3.45	<0.001
Model 3 [Adjusted for age, gender and parental factors^a]	2.20	1.38, 3.52	0.001
Model 4 [Adjusted for age, gender, early life factors and parental factors]	1.94	1.13, 3.36	0.02
Model 5 [Adjusted for age, gender and current child factors^a]	1.93	1.21, 3.07	0.005
Model 6 [Adjusted for all potential confounders]	1.18	0.59, 2.35	0.6

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, SES socioeconomic status
*Type of feeding 0–6 months, birth weight
^†Maternal age, maternal BMI, maternal education, maternal alcohol consumption, paternal education
^aNumber of meals per day, fruit consumption, sweet drink consumption, leisure time sport, travel to school, school sport, time watching screen, time child wakes up, daytime nap, pocket money

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