Table 2 Association between potential risk factors and central obesity (multivariable logistic regression analysis)

Income

Moderate

1.44

0.665

0.17-3.07

High

8.89

0.011

1.66-30.24

Low (reference)

1.00

Ethnicity

Tamil

0.85

0.814

0.22-3.26

Muslim

3.36

0.83-13.58

Sinhala (reference)

1.00

Frequency of fruit consumption

Less (<4 days/week)

1.93

0.255

0.62-5.98

High (≥4 days/week) (reference)

1.00

Percent of energy from carbohydrate

High (≥70%)

6.26

0.001

2.11-18.57

Low (<70%) (reference)

1.00

Energy expenditure from physical activity

Physically inactive

3.32

0.028

1.14-9.68

Physically active (≥1500 MET-min/week) (reference)

1.00