The Prevalence of Abdominal Obesity and Its Correlates among the Adults in Dodoma Region, Tanzania: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Prevalence and odds ratio of abdominal obesity by different selected characteristics of the study population.

Variable	Abdominal obese (%)	OR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
Sex			<0.0001		<0.0001
Men	21 (6.89)	1
Women	188 (35.14)	7.33 (4.55, 11.81)		8.21 (6.44, 19.52)
Marital status			0.0026		0.0141
Never married	14 (11.97)	1		1
Married	145 (25.53)	2.52 (1.40, 4.55)		3.31 (1.59, 6.92)
Divorced/separated	18 (32.14)	3.49 (1.58, 7.69)		3.08 (1.19, 7.96)
Widowed	32 (32.32)	3.51 (1.75, 7.07)		2.65 (1.08, 6.48)
Place of residence			<0.0001		0.0003
Rural	63 (15.56)	1		1
Urban	146 (33.56)	2.74 (1.96, 3.83)		2.17 (1.42, 3.31)
Age (years)			0.0004		0.0037
18–30	21 (12.96)	1		1
31–40	47 (27.81)	2.59 (1.47, 4.57)		2.11 (1.09, 4.08)
41–50	60 (32.61)	3.25 (1.87, 5.65)		3.42 (1.72, 6.83)
51+	81 (24.92)	2.23 (1.32, 3.76)		3.00 (1.53, 5.88)
Education level			0.0651		0.0154
Never	28 (20.44)	1		1
Primary education	120 (23.76)	1.21 (0.76, 1.93)		1.33 (0.78, 2.29)
Secondary or higher	61 (30.81)	1.73 (1.04, 2.90)		2.57 (1.29, 5.11)
Occupation			0.0021	—	—
Employed	100 (31.35)	1		—	—
Students	4 (11.43)	0.28 (0.10, 0.82)		—	—
Peasant	78 (20.26)	0.56 (0.40, 0.78)		—	—
Household chores	27 (26.73)	0.80 (0.49, 1.32)		—	—
Smoking status			<0.0001	—	—
Nonsmokers	196 (29.21)	1		—	—
Current smokers	13 (7.69)	0.20 (0.11, 0.36)		—	—
Number of meals per day			0.1459	—	—
<3	46 (21.20)	1		—	—
≥3	163 (26.16)	1.32 (0.91, 1.91)		—	—
Average walking per day (km)			0.0371	—	—
<0.5	32 (31.68)	1.79 (1.12, 2.88)		—	—
0.5–1	83 (27.21)	2.22 (1.25, 3.97)		—	—
>1–5	65 (24.44)	1.55 (0.95, 2.53)		—	—
>5	29 (17.26)	1		—	—
Time used on watching TV (hours)			<0.0001		0.0165
None	94 (18.61)	1		1
<2	62 (36.69)	2.53 (1.72, 3.72)		1.99 (1.23, 3.24)
≥2	41 (27.70)	1.68 (1.10, 2.56)		1.63 (1.03, 2.94)