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Table 3 Univariate logistic regression analysis of socio-demographic characteristics associated with physical inactivity (n = 350)

From: Prevalence of physical inactivity and barriers to physical activity among obese attendants at a community health-care center in Karachi, Pakistan

Variables

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Age

1.36‡ (1.22, 1.52)

0.01

BMI

1.10 (1.02, 1.16)

0.01

Marital Status

 

<0.05

Single

1

 

Married

3.14 (1.60, 6.15)

<0.05

Widow/er

1.67 (0.35, 7.93)

0.52

Level of Education

 

0.10

Matric & Above

1

 

Uneducated

2.19 (0.97, 4.92)

0.05

Below matric

1.47 (0.81, 2.68)

0.21

Family Structure

  

Nuclear

1

<0.05

Extended

3.40 (2.07, 5.58)

 

F/H of Obesity

  

No

1

<0.05

Yes

3.54 (2.17, 5.77)

 

Gender

  

Female

1

0.52

Male

1.17 (0.73, 1.87)

 

Ethnicity

 

0.22

Urdu

1

 

Other

1.35 (0.84, 2.17)

 

Total monthly Income

  

Income

0.996§(0.984,1.008)

0.54

  1. ‡ OR for every 10 years increase in age
  2. § OR for every 1000 Rupees increase in income
  3. Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness of fit test indicated that the model fits the data well (χ2 = 3.65, df = 8, p = 0.88).