Association between frequency of watching TV and overweight and obesity (after stratification by type of settlement) among women of reproductive age in Timor-Leste, compared with normal BMI
| Frequency of watching television | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
| Urban areas | ||
| Not at all | Reference | Reference |
| Less than once a week | 1.3‡ (1.0 to 1.6) | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.3) |
| At least once a week | 1.2‡ (1.0 to 1.5) | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.2) |
| Rural areas | ||
| Not at all | Reference | Reference |
| Less than once a week | 1.4† (1.2 to 1.7) | 1.2‡ (1.0 to 1.5) |
| At least once a week | 1.7* (1.4 to 2.0) | 1.4† (1.2 to 1.7) |
| Overall | ||
| Not at all | Reference | Reference |
| Less than once a week | 1.5* (1.3 to 1.7) | 1.2‡ (1.0 to 1.4) |
| At least once a week | 1.7* (1.5 to 1.9) | 1.3* (1.1 to 1.5) |
Results are based on ordered logistic regression and adjusted for age, place of residence, municipality of residence, highest educational status, current employment and marital status, wealth index, parity, and number of household members; women having BMI 18.5–23 kg/m2 were held as the reference group. 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.