Determinants of Childhood Obesity in Representative Sample of Children in North East of Iran

Table 2

Association between qualitative variables and obesity in univariate logistic regression model.

Variables	Cases (n = 114)	Control (n = 102)	Crude OR	95% CI
	N (%)	N (%)
Father job
Jobless	1 (0.90)	4 (4.40)	Ref
Worker	17 (15.00)	31 (31.60)	2.19	0.23–21.23
Employee	34 (30.10)	40 (40.80)	3.40	0.36–31.89
Other	61 (54.00)	23 (23.50)	10.60	1.13–99.96
Father education
Illiterate and primary school	23 (20.40)	36 (36.70)	Ref
Guidance school	16 (14.20)	29 (29.60)	0.86	0.39–1.92
Diploma	24 (21.20)	21 (21.40)	1.78	0.816–3.92
University degrees	50 (44.20)	12 (12.20)	6.52	2.87–14.79
Mother job
Housewife	55 (48.20)	80 (78.40)	Ref
Employee	59 (51.80)	22 (21.60)	3.90	2.14–7.09
Mother education
Illiterate and primary school	35 (30.70)	49 (48.00)	Ref
Guidance school	12 (10.50)	33 (32.40)	0.51	0.23–1.12
Diploma	12 (10.50)	14 (13.70)	1.20	0.50–2.90
University degrees	55 (48.20)	6 (5.90)	12.80	4.97–33.10
Economic status
Weak	18 (15.80)	72 (63.20)	Ref
Moderate	72 (63.20)	57 (55.90)	3.01	1.57–5.78
Good	24 (21.10)	2 (2.00)	28.66	6.12–134.20
Family history of obesity
Without obesity history	7 (6.10)	76 (74.50)	Ref
Father side obesity history	24 (21.10)	11 (10.80)	23.68	8.26–67.89
Mother side obesity history	5 (4.40)	13 (12.70)	4.17	1.15–15.16
Both of them	78 (68.40)	2 (2.00)	423.42	85.24–2010.00