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Table 2 Mixed-effects logistic regression analysis of the association between SES and underweight and overweight/obese showed in odds ratio (OR) with Middle SES as the reference (n = 868)

From: Association between nutritional status and socio-economic status among school children aged 9–17 years in a semi-urban area of Nepal

 

Underweight

Overweight/Obese

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR* (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR* (95% CI)

Lower SES

1.3 (0.7–2.1)

1.4 (0.8–2.5)

1.5 (0.8–3.0)

1.4 (0.7–3.1)

Middle SES

1.0 (Reference)

1.0 (Reference)

1.0 (Reference)

1.0 (Reference)

Upper SES

13. (0.8–2.2)

1.3 (0.8–2.3)

1.0 (0.5–1.9)

1.1 (0.6–2.1)

  1. SES Socio-economic status, CI Confidence interval, OR Odds ratio
  2. *Adjusted for age, age-squared, sex, school type, maternal literacy, family type, ethnicity and maternal employment