Emerging Nutritional Problem of Adult Population: Overweight/Obesity and Associated Factors in Addis Ababa City Communities, Ethiopia—A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Multivariable logistic regression model predicting obesity among adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Variables (n = 484)	Status (N = 14)		Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
	Obese	Nonobese
	Number (%)	Number (%)
Age groups
25–34	3 (1.1)	265 (98.9)	8.03 (1.27 – 50)	3.99 (0.52–30)
35–44	5 (3.3)	145 (96.7)	2.64 (0.48 – 14)	1.60 (0.24 – 10)
45–54	4 (9.5)	38 (90.5)	0.86 (0.15–5)	0.92 (0.11–7)
55–64	2 (8.3)	22 (91.7)	1.00	1.00
Sex
Male	1 (0.4)	252 (99.6)	0.07 (0.01 – 0.51)	0.10 (0.01–0.84)
Female	13 (5.6)	218 (94.4)	1.00	1.00
Educational status
Illiterate	4 (25)	12 (75)	0.07 (0.02–0.24)	0.06 (0.01–0.44)
Literate	10 (2.1)	458 (97.9)	1.00	1.00
Have car
No	7 (2)	349 (98)	0.35 (0.12–1.01)	—
Yes	7 (5.5)	121 (94.5)	1.00	—
Total physical activity level
Highly active	1 (0.7)	133 (99.3)	0.08 (0.10–0.61)	0.17 (0.02–1.54)
Moderately active	12 (6.9)	163 (93.1)	0.76 (0.05–12)	1.11 (0.06–20)
Sedentary	1 (0.6)	174 (99.4)	1.00	1.00
Marital status
Married	10 (3.7)	258 (96.3)	0.49 (0.15–1.57)	—
Unmarried	4 (1.9)	212 (98.1)	1.00	—
Monthly income
<8000 birr	5 (2.1)	230 (97.9)	2.1 (0.69–6)	—
≥8000 birr	9 (4.3)	198 (95.7)	1.00	—
Wealth index
Low	1 (0.6)	169 (99.4)	12.34 (1.56–97)	5.36 (0.47–61)
Medium	3 (1.8)	164 (98.2)	3.99 (1.08–14)	6.1 (0.98–37)
High	10 (6.2)	137 (93.2)	1.00	1.00

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