Overweight and Obesity Coexist with Thinness among Lao’s Urban Area Adolescents

Table 3

A univariable analysis of factors associated with the nutritional status of adolescents.

Variables	Univariable logistic regression
	Thinness		Overweight/Obesity
	cOR (95% CI)	value	cOR (95% CI)	value
Gender (girl§)				0.507
Boy	0.8 (0.36–164)	0.495	1.2 (0.70–2.08)
Grade (Grade 5§)				0.088
Grade 6	1.0 (0.36–2.71)	0.984	1.9 (0.91–3.74)
Grade 7	0.5 (0.20–1.22)	0.130	2.3 (1.12–4.57)	0.023
Age (year) (15–17§)				0.307
18-19	0.5 (0.24–1.17)	0.117	1.4 (0.75–2.48)
Birth order (>2^nd birth)				0.477
1^st and 2^nd birth	1.3 (0.54–3.12)	0.556	1.3 (0.64–2.63)
Daily allowance (kip) (>20000 kip§) (1$ = 8000 kip)				0.838
≤20000	1.0 (0.40–2.46)	0.997	1.1 (0.55–2.07)
History of chronic diseases (no§)				0.355
Yes	0.6 (0.17–1.78)	0.319	6 (0.51–1.96)
Food supplements (no§)				0.243
Yes	1.4 (0.56–3.37)	0.485	0.7 (0.36–1.30)
Living arrangement (parents§)				0.022
Guardians	1.4 (0.47–4.38)	0.520	0.3 (1.10–0.83)
Father’s education (college/university§)				0.646
Below college level	1.1 (0.46–2.64)	0.825	1.2 (0.63–2.09)
Mother’s education (college/university§)				0.443
Below college level	0.4 (0.41–1.10)	0.074	1.3 (0.69–2.33)
Guardians’ education (college/university§)				NA
Below college level	0.2 (0.02–2.10)	0.178	NA
Father’s occupation (government§)				0.158
Nongovernment	1.6 (0.66–3.74)	0.302	1.6 (0.83–3.09)
Mother’s occupation (government§)				0.469
Nongovernment	1.0 (0.28–3.31)	0.945	0.8 (0.35–1.63)
Unemployed	0.8 (0.23–2.57)	0.661	0.7 (0.31–1.48)	0.320
Guardians’ occupation (government§)				0.871
Nongovernment	NA	NA	0.8 (0.11–6.67)
Number of siblings (1-2§)				0.407
>2	0.9 (0.42–1.92)	0.782	0.8 (0.46–1.38)
Household members (2–4§)				0.521
>4	1.6 (0.76–3.49)	0.209	0.8 (0.48–1.45)
Sources of nutrition information				0.061
Textbook (yes§)
No	0.7 (0.30–1.78)	0.485	1.9 (0.94–3.88)
Newspaper or magazine (yes§)				0.377
No	1.0 (0.44–2.35)	0.964	0.8 (0.43–1.38)
Television (yes§)				0.113
No	1.1 (0.50–2.42)	0.813	0.6 (0.34–1.12)
Radio (yes§)				0.550
No	0.3 (0.03–1.96)	0.189	0.8 (0.35–1.74)
Family members (yes§)				0.673
No	1.2 (0.55–2.52)	0.665	0.9 (0.52–1.54)
Teacher (yes§)				0.010
No	0.4 (0.18–0.91)	0.029	2.1 (1.19–3.68)
Friends (yes§)				0.691
No	0.6 (0.28–1.35)	0.225	0.9 (0.52–1.54)
Social media (yes§)				0.685
No	0.8 (0.27–2.62)	0.763	1.2 (0.52–2.72)
Health program activities in community (yes§)				0.503
No	0.2 (0.03–1.70)	0.147	1.4 (0.56–3.27)
Health program activities in school (yes§)				0.708
No	0.9 (0.38–2.32)	0.899	1.1 (0.59–2.19)
School type (government§)				0.216
Private	2.72 (1.12–6.6)	0.027	07 (0.39–1.23)
Nutrition knowledge (good§)				0.777
Poor and fair	0.7 (0.29–1.57)	0.360	0.9 (0.46–1.78)
Nutrition attitude (fair and good§)				0.852
Poor	0.5 (0.22–1.17)	0.114	0.9 (0.47–1.88)
Eating habit (fair and high§) (adjusted)				0.035
Poor	1.5 (0.71–3.26)	0.285	2.0 (1.05–3.78)
Physical activity level (moderate and high§)				<0.001
Low	1.6 (0.76–3.54)	0.204	18.8 (5.73–61.84)

^§Reference group (normal weight), value is significant at <0.05; cOR: crude odds ratio.