Emerging Nutritional Problem of Adult Population: Overweight/Obesity and Associated Factors in Addis Ababa City Communities, Ethiopia—A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Prevalence of obesity by sex with age group, educational status, dietary diversity score, alcohol consumption, and total physical activity level among adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Variables (n = 484)
Nutritional status (N = 14)
value
Obese
Nonobese
Number (%)
Number (%)
Male
25–34
0 (0)
125 (100)
>0.05
35–44
1 (1.1)
88 (98.9)
45–54
0 (0)
19 (70.4)
55–64
0 (0)
6 (50)
Female
25–34
3 (2.1)
140 (97.9)
>0.05
35–44
4 (6.6)
57 (93.4)
45–54
4 (26.7)
11 (73.3)
55–64
2 (16.7)
10 (83.3)
Educational status
No school
4 (25)
12 (75)
<0.0001
Elementary
0 (0)
43 (100)
Junior
0 (0)
29 (100)
High school
1 (1.7)
58 (98.3)
College and above
9 (2.7)
328 (97.3)
Dietary diversity score
Low (0–3)
0 (0)
36 (100)
>0.05
Medium (4–5)
2 (2)
97 (98)
High (≥6)
12 (3.4)
337 (96.6)
Total physical activity level (TPAL)
Highly active
1 (0.7)
133 (99.3)
<0.0001
Moderately active
12 (6.9)
163 (93.1)
Sedentary
1 (0.6)
174 (99.4)
Average daily alcohol consumption
≤1 beer a day
9 (5.5)
154 (94.5)
>0.007
>1 beer a day
0 (0)
128 (100)
Currently consumed alcohol
Yes
9 (3)
290 (97)
>0.05
No
5 (2.7)
180 (97.3)
values refer to the chi-squared test for the difference observed between obese and nonobese participants.
