Research Article
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Overweight and Obesity among Primary School Children Aged 7–17 Years in Urban Mbarara, Uganda
Table 3
Bivariate logistic regression analysis for the associated factors of overweight and obesity.
| | Variable | Category | Overweight and obesity, n (%) | Nonoverweight, n (%) | OR (95% CI) | p- Value |
| | Sociodemographics |
| | Sex | Girls | 26 (11.5) | 201 (88.5) | 1.6 (0.8–3.0) | 0.196 | | Boys | 10 (7.7) | 185 (92.3) | Ref | |
| | School type | Public/government | 07 (3.1) | 220 (96.9) | 0.2 (0.1–0.4) | | | Private | 34 (17.4) | 161 (82.3) | Ref | |
| | Parent/guardian | Both parents (mother and father) | 28 (10.8) | 231 (89.2) | Ref | | | Single parent | 08 (7.5) | 99 (92.5) | 0.7 (0.3–1.5) | 0.333 | | Relatives | 05 (8.9) | 51(91.1) | 0.8 (0.2–2.2) | 0.677 |
| | Income (employment of parent/guardian) | Guardian unemployed | 04 (5.8) | 65 (94.2) | 1.9 (0.6 –5.5) | 0.234 | | Guardian employed | 37 (10.5) | 315 (89.5) | Ref | |
| | Residence ownership | Rented | 8 (4.9) | 154 (95.1) | 0.4 (0.2–0.8) | | | Owned | 33 (12.7) | 227 (87.3) | Ref | |
| | Education level of mother | Completed > primary | 35 (13.4) | 226 (86.6) | 6.7 (2.0–22.3) | | | Completed < primary | 03 (2.3) | 130 (97.7) | Ref | |
| | Education level of father | Completed > primary | 46 (18) | 210 (82) | 6.6 (0.9–49) | 0.067 | | Completed < primary | 01 (3.2) | 30 (96.8) | Ref | |
| | Physical activity |
| | Modes of transport to school | Walking | 6 (2.6) | 223 (97.4) | 8.2 (3.4–20.0) | | | Others (motorcar, motorcycle, bicycle) | 35 (18.1) | 158 (81.9) | Ref | |
| | Participating in exercise | No | 1 (5.6) | 17 (94.4) | 0.5 (0.1–4.1) | 0.549 | | Yes | 40 (9.9) | 364 (90.1) | Ref | |
| | Number of times of exercising/week | <3 times/week | 17 (7.7) | 204 (92.3) | 1.6 (0.8–3.1) | 0.144 | | >3 times/week | 24 (11.9) | 177 (88.1) | Ref | |
| | How leisure time is spent | Others (playing, reading, house chores) | 23 (7.1) | 299 (92.9) | 0.4 (0.2–0.7) | | | Watching TV | 18 (18) | 82 (82) | Ref | |
| | Food consumption patterns |
| | Number of meals in 24 hr | >2 meals | 39 (12.5) | 274 (87.5) | 7.6 (1.8–32) | | | <2 meals | 2 (1.8) | 107 (98.2) | Ref | |
| | Consumption of snacks in between meals | No | 6 (4.2) | 136 (95.8) | 0.3 (0.1–0.7) | | | Yes | 35 (12.6) | 243 (87.4) | Ref | |
| | Common type of food at home | Beans/G. nuts | 17 (6.6) | 239 (93.4) | 0.4 (0.2–0.8) | | | Meat/fish | 24 (14.6) | 141 (85.4) | Ref | |
| | Frequency of consuming vegetables and fruits | Always | 16 (18.4) | 71 (81.6) | 2.8 (1.4–5.5) | | | Others (some of the time) | 25 (7.5) | 310 (92.5) | Ref | |
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NB: Ref, refers to the reference variable/group; p-value is less than 5% significance level. |
