Prevalence and Association of Obesity with Self-Reported Comorbidity: A Cross-Sectional Study of 1321 Adult Participants in Lasbela, Balochistan
Table 2
Overall and gender-wise multivariate logistic regression analysis of the participants’ characteristics (both BMI international and Asian cut-offs, WC and WHR categories) associated with having self-reported comorbidity.
Overall
Multivariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Men
Women
Odds ratio
value
Odds ratio
value
Odds ratio
value
[95% CI]
[95% CI]
[95% CI]
BMI category (international cut-off)
Underweight
0.99
0.978
1.12
0.836
0.75
0.689
Normal weight
1
—
1
—
1
—
Overweight
1.89
0.021
1.14
0.762
2.64
0.013
Obesity
5.75
0.001
8.49
0.001
BMI category (Asian cut-off)
Underweight
1.10
0.835
1.16
0.805
0.88
0.863
Normal weight
1
—
1
—
1
—
Overweight
1.38
0.382
1.19
0.728
1.52
0.453
Obesity
2.87
0.001
1.96
0.109
3.73
0.001
WC category
Normal weight
1
—
1
—
1
—
Overweight
1.20
0.588
0.95
0.933
1.20
0.669
Obesity
3.75
0.001
6.38
0.001
3.37
0.004
WHR category
Normal weight
1
—
1
—
1
—
Overweight
1.95
0.118
2.15
0.126
1.96
0.710
Obesity
1.72
0.292
3.93
0.052
1.06
0.975
CI: confidence interval, adjusted by gender, age, marital status, education, monthly income, occupation/work status, and smoking status.
