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Table 2 Factors associated with obesity among term pregnant women in Khartoum hospital, Sudan using univariate and multivariate analyses

From: Epidemiology of underweight and overweight-obesity among term pregnant Sudanese women

Variable

Univariate analyses

Multivariate analyses

 

OR

95% CI

P -value

OR

95% CI

P -value

Age, ≥ 27.2 vs. < 27.2 years

1.3

1.0-1.3

0.1

1.2

1.0-1.1

< 0.001

Parity

1.1

1.0-1.2

0.02

0.7

0.5-1.0

0.1

Women's education ≥ secondary level vs. < secondary level

2.2

1.6-2.9

< 0.001

1.8

1.2-2.7

0.001

Job, housewife vs. Employees.

1.2

0.9-1.5

0.06

0.7

0.5-1.0

0.08

  1. Abbreviations: OR, Odds Ratio; CI, confidence interval.