Risk Factors of Overweight and Obesity among High School Students in Bahir Dar City, North West Ethiopia: School Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

The correlation between selected predictor variables and overweight and obesity on crude effect among high school students in Bahir Dar city, 2014.

Variables	Categories	Overweight and obesity ()		COR (95% CI for OR)	value
		Yes	No
Sex	Male	22	155	1.00
	Female	50	204	1.73 (1.00–2.97)	0.049
School grade level	Grade 9	27	193	1.00	0.013
	Grade 11	45	166	1.94 (1.15–3.26)
School type	Governmental	29	203	1.00	0.012
	Private	49	156	1.93 (1.15–3.23)
Family monthly income	<100 USD	13	113	1.00
	100–250 USD	11	117	0.82 (0.35–1.90)	<0.001
	251–400 USD	16	56	2.48 (1.12–5.52)
	>400 USD	27	54	4.35 (2.08–9.08)
Having family vehicle	Yes	22	53	2.54 (1.42–4.54)	0.002
	No	50	306	1.00
Frequency of eating food out of home	One to two	28	166	1.00
	Three to five times	14	39	2.13 (1.03–4.42)	<0.001
	Greater than five times	20	22	5.39 (2.61–11.14)
Frequency of eating snack/day	One to two	37	250	1.00	<0.001
	Three to four	32	43	5.03 (2.84–8.92)
Eat when watching TV/film	Yes	70	299	7.02 (1.68–29.43)	0.008
	No	2	60	1.00
Frequency of taking soft drink/week	One to two	29	172	1.00
	Three to five	13	53	1.446 (0.71–3.00)	0.014
	Greater than five	5	4	7.41 (1.88–29.25)
Vigorous activity	Yes	15	134	1.00	0.008
	No	57	225	2.26 (1.23–4.16)
Frequency of vigorous physical activity/week	One to three	23	50	2.80 (1.44–5.47)	0.008
	Four to six	11	54	1.24 (0.56–2.73)
	Greater than six	22	134	1.00