Prevalence and factors associated with overweight and obesity in selected health areas in a rural health district in Cameroon: a cross-sectional analysis

Table 4 Factors associated with obesity on univariate analysis logistic regression analysis

Variables	Number of cases (N = 117)	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Age below 50 years (Ref: Age > 50)	62	1.62 (1.06–2.47)	0.025*
Sex (Female)	96	2.94 (1.78–5.03)	< 0.001^$,*
Marital status (Married)	99	1.94 (1.14–3.46)	< 0.0195^$,*
Employment (Unemployed)	73	0.66 (0.43–1.03)	0.065*
Occupation (Ref: Low/unemployed)	87	Ref
Medium or high	29	0.90 (0.55–1.44)	0.660
Level of education (Ref: None)	19		0.009^$,*
Primary	35	1.82 (0.99–3.03)
Secondary/tertiary	63	2.18 (1.25–3.93)
Family History of hypertension (Yes)	38	1.42 (0.90–2.22)	0.131*
Smoking status (Ref: Never smoker)	102		0.078^$,*
Ex-smoker	10	0.44 (0.15–1.07)
Current Smoker	5	0.77 (0.35–1.54)
Exposure to wood smoke (Yes)	103	1.17 (0.62–2.33)	0.642
Units of alcohol consumption (Ref: Non-drinker)	33		0.831
(0.01, 6.49]	45	1.16 (0.69–1.94)
(6.49, 117]	37	1.09 (0.64–1.87)
Vegetable consumption (> 4 days/week)	10	1.10 (0.50–2.26)	0.804
Fruit consumption (> 4 days/week)	29	1.35 (0.82–2.20)	0.227
Intensity of daily physical activity (Ref: None)	58		0.991
Moderate	47	1.07 (0.68–1.66)
Vigorous	11	0.93 (0.43–1.89)

*Included in the multiple regression analysis; OR Odd’s ratio, aOR adjusted Odd’s ratio, CI confidence interval; ^$Significant p-value; Ref Reference category

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