Central obesity and normal-weight central obesity among adults attending healthcare facilities in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Logistic regression showing predictors of central obesity

Variables	Beta	S.E	Wald	OR (95% CI)	p value
Sex
Female	2.4	0.2	152.6	11.1 (7.6–16.2)	< 0.001
Male (reference)
Smoking
No	0.8	0.2	10.8	2.1 (1.4–3.4)	0.001
Yes (reference)
Level of education
Secondary or tertiary level of education	0.7	0.2	13.4	2.0 (1.4–2.9)	< 0.001
No or primary education (reference)
Age
Above 30 years	0.8	0.2	13.7	2.1(1.4–3.2)	< 0.001
30 years or below (reference)
Marital status
Married	0.7	0.2	10.2	1.9 (1.3–2.9)	0.001
Never married (reference)
Hypertension
Yes	0.7	0.2	15.6	2.1 (1.5–3.0)	< 0.001
No (reference)
Diabetes
Yes	0.8	0.2	12.1	2.2 (1.4–3.5)	< 0.001
No (reference)

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