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Table 3 Association of independent variables with overweight or obesity in the logistic regression model

From: Physical activity and sedentary behaviors (screen time and homework) among overweight or obese adolescents: a cross-sectional observational study in Yazd, Iran

Variables

Crude OR (95%CI)

P-value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)*

P-value

Age (year)

0.98 (0.77 , 1.237)

0.809

0.59 (0.39, 0.9)

0.014

Sex (male)

Female

0.93 (0.647 , 1.307)

0.611

1.52 (0.76, 3.02)

0.234

Daily energy intake

1.003 (1.002 , 1.003)

< 0.001

1.003 (1.002, 1.004)

< 0.001

Family Size (≤ 2)

2 <

0.32 (0.21 , 0.49)

< 0.001

0.48 (0.26, 0.9)

0.023

Access to the Yard (No)

Yes

0.21 (0.14 , 0.31)

< 0.001

0.2 (0.1, 0.38)

< 0.001

Commuting to school by (passive transportation)▀

Active transportation

0.241 (0.16, 0.36)

< 0.001

0.34 (0.19, 0.64)

0.001

Schooldays. Screen time quartile (1)

2

0.9 (0.56, 1.42)

0.642

0.21 (0.06, 0.8)

0.022

3

6.5 (3.54, 11.93)

< 0.001

2.23 (0.34, 14.44)

0.4

4

2.24 (1.31, 3.82)

0.003

0.71 (0.08, 6.77)

0.77

Schooldays Homework time quartile (1)

3

0.38 (0.24 , 0.60)

< 0.001

0.61 (0.23, 1.63)

0.323

4

5.25 (3.06 , 9.00)

< 0.001

7.11 (1.17, 43.28)

0.033

Schooldays Sedentary behaviors quartile (1)

2

1.63 (0.87 , 3.04)

0.128

3.23 (1.03, 10.11)

0.044

3

2.03 (1.29 , 3.21)

0.002

2.38 (0.6, 9.4)

0.215

4

7.81 (4.56 , 13.37)

< 0.001

10.13 (1.42, 72.28)

0.021

Weekends. Screen time quartile (1)

2

1.18 (0.72, 1.91)

0.511

1.98 (0.75, 5.2)

0.17

3

1.54 (0.92, 2.58)

0.101

1.48 (0.43, 5.15)

0.533

4

2.99 (1.76, 5.07)

< 0.001

3.28 (0.62, 17.24)

0.16

Weekends. Homework time quartile (1)

2

0.73 (0.47, 1.15)

0.182

1.52 (0.55, 4.16)

0.418

3

1.06 (0.65, 1.74)

0.810

3.82 (1.12,13.01)

0.032

4

0.63 (0.36, 1.09)

0.096

5.55 (1.04,29.47)

0.044

Weekends. Sedentary behaviors quartile (1)

2

0.99 (0.60, 1.64)

0.981

0.69 (0.24, 1.98)

0.493

3

0.84 (0.50, 1.41)

0.510

0.42 (0.1,1.76)

0.247

4

1.2 (0.72, 1.99)

0.491

0.27 (0.04,1.85)

0.184

All week. Screen time quartile (1)

2

1.17 (0.69, 1.98)

0.551

1.8 (0.53, 6.04)

0.344

3

2.26 (1.34, 3.81)

0.002

2.6 (0.43, 15.9)

0.3

4

3.11 (1.83, 5.29)

< 0.001

1.59 (0.144, 17.32)

0.708

All week. Homework time quartile (1)

2

0.8 (0.49, 1.31)

0.369

1.1 (0.42, 2.89)

0.841

3

0.57 (0.34, 0.96)

0.034

0.77 (0.21, 2.82)

0.689

4

1.79 (1.09, 2.94)

0.021

0.44 (0.06, 3.27)

0.418

All week. Sedentary behaviors quartile (1)

2

1.57 (0.92, 2.7)

0.099

1.76 (0.59,5.18)

0.308

3

2.78 (1.62, 4.77)

< 0.001

0.83 (0.16, 4.35)

0.824

4

5.14 (2.99, 8.83)

< 0.001

0.52 (0.05, 4.93)

0.567

All week. Physical activity (low)

Moderate

0.485(0.311, 0.757)

0.001

0.426 (0.207, 0.874)

0.020

High

0.033(0.016, 0.066)

< 0.001

0.039(0.013, 0.118)

< 0.001

  1. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence Interval. P-value < 0.05 was considered significant
  2. *Adjusted for age, sex, grade, family size, access to the yard
  3. Commuting to school by walking or biking was considered as active transportation
  4. Commuting to school by motor vehicles was considered passive transportation