Factors Associated with the Nutritional Status among Male Workers of Iron and Steel Industries in Bara District, Nepal

Table 4

Bivariate and Multivariate logistic analysis of the nutritional status of the participants.

Characteristics	Nutritional status		COR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
	Normal	Overweight/obesity
Age
Less than 40	120	28	1		1
More than or equal to 40	77	46	2.56 (1.47–4.43)	0.001	2.548 (1.346–4.823)	0.004
Religion
Hindu	188	69	1
Others	9	5	1.51 (0.49–4.67)	0.471
Ethnicity
Brahmin/Chhetri	65	32	3.36 (1.294–8.747)	0.013	6.14 (1.971–19.123)	0.002
Madhesi	91	36	2.703 (1.056–6.918)	0.038	4.641 (1.534–14.04)	0.007
Dalit/Janajati	41	6	1		1
Educational status
Illiterate	37	20	1
Primary	65	17	0.484 (0.226–1.037)	0.062
Secondary	78	28	0.664 (0.332–1.330)	0.248
Higher than secondary	17	9	0.979 (0.37–2.59)	0.967
Income
Less than NPR. 19480	48	25	1.584 (0.886–2.832)	0.121
More than NPR. 19480	149	49	1
Smoking
Yes	32	27	2.92 (1.616–5.43)	<0.001	4.165 (1.972–8.800)	<0.001
No	165	47	1		1
Alcohol
Yes	85	45	2.045 (1.185–3.52)	0.010	1.841 (0.975–3.479)	0.060
No	112	29	1		1
Physical exercise
Yes	51	10	1		1
No	146	64	2.236 (1.068–4.680)	0.030	1.897 (0.787–4.569)	0.154
Sedentary work
High	31	26	1		1
Middle	142	38	0.319 (0.170–0.60)	<0.001	0.269 (0.126–0.575)	0.001
Low	24	10	0.497 (0.201–1.226)	0.129	0.246 (0.083–0.732)	0.012
Food frequency
Less than 4	84	18	1		1
More than or equal to 4	113	56	2.313 (1.267–4.220)	0.006	2.232 (1.101–4.522)	0.026
Dietary diversity
Less than 4	42	11	1		1
4–6	120	34	1.082 (0.503–2.326)	0.840	0.955 (0.390–2.337)	0.919
More than 6	35	29	3.164 (1.385–7.229)	0.006	3.679 (1.384–9.782)	0.009

COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; value <0.05.