Table 2

Crude and adjusted ORs for factors associated with overweight and obesity (BMI ≥27.5 kg/m²), compared with normal BMI or underweight (BMI <23 kg/m²) among Timorese women of reproductive age

Background characteristics	COR	95% CI		AOR	95% CI
Background characteristics	COR	Lower limit	Upper limit	AOR	Lower limit	Upper limit
Age group (years)
15–24	Ref			Ref
25–34	3.7*	3.2	4.2	1.9*	1.6	2.3
35–49	5.0*	4.4	5.7	2.3*	1.9	2.9
Place of residence
Rural	Ref			Ref
Urban	1.8*	1.6	2.1	1.4*	1.2	1.6
Province of residence
Aileu	Ref			Ref
Ainaro	1.3	0.9	1.8	1.2	0.9	1.7
Baucau	1.8*	1.3	2.5	1.5‡	1.1	2.0
Bobonaro	1.1	0.8	1.5	0.9	0.6	1.2
Covalima	2.1*	1.5	2.9	1.7†	1.3	2.3
Dili	2.2*	1.6	2.9	1.2	0.9	1.7
Ermera	0.7	0.5	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.0
Lautem	1.3	1.0	1.9	1.0	0.7	1.4
Liquiçá	0.9	0.6	1.2	0.8	0.6	1.2
Manatuto	2.1*	1.5	2.9	1.6†	1.2	2.2
Manufahi	1.5‡	1.1	2.1	1.3	0.9	1.7
SAR of Oecussi	1.0	0.7	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.1
Viqueque	2.0*	1.5	2.8	1.8*	1.3	2.5
Highest educational status
No formal education	Ref			Ref
Primary	1.6*	1.4	1.9	1.7*	1.4	2.0
Secondary	1.1	1.0	1.3	1.5*	1.3	1.8
Higher	1.4†	1.2	1.7	1.4†	1.1	1.8
Currently employed
No	Ref			Ref
Yes	1.6*	1.5	1.8	1.1	1.0	1.2
Household Wealth index
Poorest	Ref			Ref
Poorer	1.1	0.9	1.4	1.1	0.9	1.4
Middle	1.5*	1.2	1.8	1.3†	1.1	1.6
Richer	2.1*	1.7	2.5	1.6*	1.3	2.0
Richest	2.7*	2.2	3.2	1.9*	1.5	2.4
Marital status
Single	Ref			Ref
Currently married	4.7*	4.1	5.3	2.9*	2.2	3.8
Separated/divorced/widowed	2.9*	2.3	3.5	2.2*	1.6	3.0
Parity
0	Ref			Ref
1	1.9*	1.5	2.3	0.6†	0.5	0.8
2	3.1*	2.6	3.7	0.9	0.7	1.2
3	4.5*	3.8	5.3	1.1	0.8	1.5
>3	4.7*	4.1	5.3	1.1	0.8	1.5
Number of household member
≤6	Ref			Ref
>6	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.1
Frequency of viewing television
Not at all	Ref			Ref
Less than once a week	1.5*	1.3	1.7	1.2‡	1.0	1.4
At least once a week	1.7*	1.5	1.9	1.3*	1.1	1.5

Results are based on ordered logistic regression. Asterisks (*) denote level of statistical significance.
*P value<0.001.
†P value<0.01.
‡P value<0.05.
AOR, adjusted odds ratio; BMI, body mass index; COR, crude odds ratio.