Disparities in Risk Factors Associated with Obesity between Zanzibar and Tanzania Mainland among Women of Reproductive Age Based on the 2010 TDHS

Table 4

Crude and adjusted odds ratios of obesity among nonpregnant women in Zanzibar.

Variable	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	OR (se)	95% CI	value	AOR (se)	95% CI	value
Place of residence
Urban	1.83 (0.25)	[1.41, 2.39]	<0.0001	1.01 (0.17)	[0.72, 1.41]	0.9586
Rural	Reference			Reference
Wealth index
Poorest	Reference			Reference
Poorer	0.99 (0.45)	[0.41, 2.41]	0.9965	0.97 (0.45)	[0.40, 2.39]	0.9498
Middle	1.04 (0.45)	[0.44, 2.44]	0.9342	0.96 (0.43)	[0.40, 2.31]	0.9262
Richer	1.34 (0.54)	[0.61, 2.93]	0.4698	1.17 (0.48)	[0.52, 2.63]	0.7014
Richest	2.85 (1.11)	[1.33, 6.11]	0.0072	2.36 (1.02)	[1.01, 5.52]	0.0467
Education level
No education	Reference			Reference
Primary	1.36 (0.29)	[0.90, 2.05]	0.1384	1.33 (0.31)	[0.84, 2.09]	0.2227
Secondary and higher	1.11 (0.22)	[0.76, 1.62]	0.5977	1.19 (0.27)	[0.76, 1.86]	0.4555
Marital status
Never married	Reference			Reference
Divorced/widowed	4.53 (1.08)	[2.84, 7.22]	<0.0001	2.44 (0.71)	[1.37, 4.32]	0.0023
Married/cohabited	4.06 (0.75)	[2.83, 5.82]	<0.0001	2.12 (0.55)	[1.27, 3.54]	0.0039
Age (years)
15–19	Reference			Reference
20–29	2.45 (0.62)	[1.49, 4.02]	0.0004	1.51 (0.45)	[0.85, 2.70]	0.1618
30–39	6.23 (1.55)	[3.83, 10.14]	<0.0001	3.10 (1.02)	[1.62, 5.92]	0.0006
40–49	6.61 (1.58)	[4.14, 10.57]	<0.0001	3.52 (1.19)	[1.81, 6.82]	0.0002
The use of cooking oil
No	Reference			Reference
Yes	1.54 (0.23)	[1.15, 2.07]	<0.0001	1.07 (0.19)	[0.76, 1.50]	0.7070
Meals per day
1 time	0.12 (0.12)	[0.02, 0.78]	0.0259	0.20 (0.18)	[0.03, 1.20]	0.0783
2 times	0.50 (0.08)	[0.37, 0.68]	<0.0001	0.67 (0.11)	[0.48, 0.92]	0.0151
3 to 4 times	Reference			Reference