Research Article
Overweight and Undernutrition in the Cases of School-Going Adolescents in Wolaita Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Factors associated with thinness and overweight of school adolescents, Wolaita Sodo town, South Ethiopia, May 2015.
| Nutritional status | Explanatory variables | N (%) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | value |
| Thinness | Sex of students | | | | | | Male | 25 (78.1) | 3.17 (1.35–7.44) | 4.07 (2.35–7.02) | 0.001 | Female | 7 (21.9) | | | | School type | | | | | Government | 11 (34.4) | 0.36 (0.17–0.77) | 0.37 (0.20–0.65) | 0.001 | Private | 21 (65.6) | | | | Maternal education | | | | | No formal education | 6 (18.8) | 1.32 (0.44–3.85) | 4.03 (1.82–8.92) | 0.001 | Primary education | 10 (31.2) | 0.62 (0.24–1.57) | 1.08 (0.58–2.02) | 0.79 | Secondary education | 7 (21.9) | 0.53 (0.19–1.46) | 0.79 (0.42–1.52) | 0.49 | College and university | 9 (28.1) | | | | Sex of household head | | | | | Male | 31 (96.9) | 4.11 (0.55–30.61) | 4.66 (1.30–16.69) | 0.01 | Female | 1 (3.1) | | | | House ownership | | | | | Rented | 7 (21.9) | 1.86 (0.34–10.12) | 4.11 (1.34–12.59) | 0.01 | Owned | 25 (78.1) | | | | Fruit intake per week | | | | | No intake | 3 (9.4) | 2.86 (0.67–12.09) | 3.09 (1.22–7.80) | 0.01 | One day/week | 3 (9.4) | 1.43 (0.34–5.90) | 1.15 (0.46–2.85) | 0.75 | Two days/week | 11 (34.3) | 2.03 (0.73–5.62) | 1.92 (0.99–3.69) | 0.05 | Three days/week | 9 (28.1) | 1.34 (0.46–3.82) | 1.49 (0.76–2.94) | 0.23 | Four days and above | 6 (18.8) | | | | Cattle ownership | | | | | No cattle | 25 (78.1) | 3.25 (0.96–10.94) | 4.92 (2.08–11.64) | 0.002 | 1–3 cattle | 4 (12.5) | 2.28 (0.49–10.4) | 2.25 (0.84–5.99) | 0.1 | Four and above | 3 (9.4) | | | | Illness in the past 2 weeks | | | | | Yes | 7 (21.9) | 2.14 (0.89–5.14) | 2.67 (1.49–4.78) | 0.001 | No | 25 (78.1) | | | | Work besides education | | | | | Yes | 2 (6.3) | 0.44 (0.10–1.89) | 0.45 (0.17–1.17) | 0.10 | No | 30 (93.7) | | | | Skip meal | | | | | Yes | 19 (59.4) | 1.73 (0.84–5.58) | 1.70 (1.05–2.74) | 0.02 | No | 13 (40.6) | | | |
| Overweight | Sex of students | | | | | | Male | 3 (8.8) | 0.1 (0.01-0.28) | 0.1 (0.03-0.16) | 0.001 | Female | 31 (91.2) | | | | School type | | | | | Government | 19 (55.9) | 0.88 (0.44–1.77) | 0.96 (0.57–1.61) | 0.89 | Private | 15 (44.1) | | | | Maternal education | | | | | No formal education | 2 (6.1) | 0.43 (0.09–2.08) | 0.38 (0.13–1.11) | 0.07 | Primary education | 12 (36.4) | 0.74 (0.30–1.82) | 0.52 (0.27–1.00) | 0.05 | Secondary education | 10 (30.3) | 0.75 (0.29–1.92) | 0.72 (0.39–1.34) | 0.31 | College and university | 9 (27.2) | | | | Sex of household head | | | | | Male | 32 (94.1) | 2.12 (0.49–9.05) | 2.31 (0.92–5.79) | 0.07 | Female | 2 (5.9) | | | | House ownership | | | | | Owned | 25 (73.6) | 0.63 (0.18–2.19) | 0.37 (0.16–0.86) | 0.01 | Rented | 9 (26.4) | | | | Fruit intake per week | | | | | No intake | 2 (5.9) | 1.27 (0.26–6.19) | 1.86 (0.66–5.25) | 0.23 | One day/week | 3 (8.8) | 0.95 (0.25–3.64) | 1.85 (0.76–4.53) | 0.17 | Two days/week | 8 (23.5) | 0.98 (0.37–2.61) | 1.46 (0.76–2.80) | 0.25 | Three days/week | 12 (35.3) | 1.19 (0.49–2.89) | 1.63 (0.90–2.96) | 0.10 | Four days and above | 9 (26.5) | | | | Cattle ownership | | | | | | No cattle | 21 (61.8) | 0.81 (0.37–1.76) | 0.37 (0.20–0.69) | 0.002 | 1–3 cattle | 3 (8.8) | 0.51 (0.13–1.91) | 0.36 (0.14–0.89) | 0.02 | Four and above | 10 (29.4) | | | | Illness in the past 2 weeks | | | | | Yes | 5 (14.7) | 1.32 (0.49–3.52) | 1.15 (0.57–2.31) | 0.69 | No | 29 (85.3) | | | | Work besides education | | | | | Yes | 2 (5.9) | 0.41 (0.09–1.76) | 0.35 (0.10–1.24) | 0.10 | No | 32 (94.1) | | | | Skip meal | | | | | Yes | 16 (47.1) | 1.05 (0.52–2.11) | 1.09 (0.69–1.73) | 0.7 | No | 18 (52.9) | | | |
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The reference category is normal weight adolescents; the bold indicates statistically significant variables; COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio.
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