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

Table 4

A multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with adolescents’ nutritional status.

Variables	Multivariable logistic regression
	Thinness		Overweight/Obesity
	aOR (95% CI)	value	aOR (95% CI)	value
Living arrangement (parents§)				0.017
Guardians	1.4 (0.43–4.28)	0.608	0.3 (0.08–0.79)
Teacher (yes§)				0.023
No	0.4 (0.17–0.87)	0.022	2.1 (1.11–3.80)
Physical activity level (moderate and high§)				<0.001
Low	1.8 (0.83–3.99)	0.139	18.6 (5.51–61.56)
School type (government§)				0.422
Private	2.9 (1.17–7.08)	0.022	0.8 (0.40–1.47)

^§Reference group (normal weight), value is significant at <0.05, aOR: adjusted odds ratio.