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Table 3 Odds ratio (95% CI) of general and abdominal obesity according to quintiles (Q) of fat types

From: Dietary fat quantity and quality in relation to general and abdominal obesity in women: a cross-sectional study from Ghana

variable

GO (no/yes)

WC ≥ 80 cm (no/yes)

WHtR≥0.50(no/yes)

OR (95%CI)

P1

P2

OR (95%CI)

P1

P2

OR (95%CI)

P1

P2

Total SFA

 Q1 (55)

Reference

        

 Q2 (56)

1.45(0.66–3.17)

  

1.15(0.52–2.54)

  

1.64(0.76–3.53)

  
 

1.28(0.50–3.29)

  

0.48(0.16–1.39)

  

1.17(0.44–3.11)

  

 Q3 (55)

0.76(0.33–1.75)

0.02

0.2

0.76(0.33–1.76)

0.002

0.02

0.77(0.35–1.74)

0.01

0.09

 

0.56(0.18–1.71)

  

0.14(0.04–0.51)

  

0.29(0.09–0.97)

  

 Q4 (56)

0.43(0.17–1.07)

  

0.55(0.23–1.31)

  

0.75(0.34–1.69)

  
 

0.30(0.09–1.03)

  

0.08(0.02–0.36)

  

0.39(0.12–1.32)

  

 Q5 (55)

2.16(0.99–4.70)

  

2.49(1.14–5.44)

  

2.64(1.22–5.71)

  
 

1.41(0.53–3.78)

  

1.07(0.37–3.12)

  

1.42(0.50–3.99)

  

Total PUFA

 Q1 (55)

Reference

        

 Q2 (56)

1.26(0.56–2.86)

  

1.08(0.45–2.56)

  

1.46(0.66–3.24)

  
 

1.01(0.38–2.72)

  

0.76(0.25–0.27)

  

1.35(0.47–3.80)

  

 Q3 (55)

1.30(0.57–2.94)

0.7

0.4

1.45(0.62–3.37)

0.01

0.5

1.63(0.74–3.59)

0.050

0.7

 

0.77(0.26–2.82)

  

0.76(0.24–2.42)

  

0.99(0.32–3.06)

  

 Q4 (56)

1.73(0.78–3.84)

  

1.94(0.85–4.42)

  

1.83(0.83–4.01)

  
 

1.09(0.35–3.35)

  

1.22(0.37–4.05)

  

1.20(0.37–3.88)

  

 Q5 (55)

1.09(0.48–2.51)

  

2.69(1.19–6.10)

  

2.19(0.25–1.18)

  
 

0.50(0.12–2.00)

  

1.29(0.31–5.40)

  

1.41(0.34–5.81)

  

∑ω-3 PUFA

 Q1 (55)

Reference

        

 Q2 (39)

0.88(0.34–2.30)

  

1.27(0.50–3.23)

  

0.96(0.39–2.38)

  
 

0.73(0.23–2.35)

  

1.68(0.51–5.61)

  

0.96(0.29–3.17)

  

 Q3 (71)

2.14(0.99–4.62)

0.1

0.1

2.10(0.96–4.60)

0.1

0.3

1.68(0.80–3.56)

0.6

0.2

 

3.00(1.14–7.94)

  

3.23(1.13–9.24)

  

2.63(0.94–7.41)

  

 Q4 (52)

2.93(1.30–6.66)

  

4.07(1.78–9.33)

  

4.23(1.88–9.52)

  
 

2.87(1.05–7.81)

  

5.12(1.78–14.71)

  

6.70(2.30–19.52)

  

 Q5 (60)

0.59(0.24–1.46)

  

0.57(0.22–1.46)

  

1.22(0.55–2.69)

  
 

0.60(0.20–1.80)

  

0.84(0.26–2.76)

  

2.10(0.71–6.20)

  

∑ω-6 PUFA

 Q1 (58)

Reference

        

 Q2 (47)

1.26(0.56–2.84)

  

0.69(0.31–1.58)

  

1.02(0.46–2.24)

  
 

1.48(0.56–3.93)

  

0.51(0.18–1.48)

  

0.94(0.34–2.61)

  

 Q3 (61)

1.17(0.54–2.51)

0.2

0.8

0.74(0.35–1.58)

0.3

0.5

0.92(0.44–1.94)

0.08

0.2

 

1.5(0.61–3.74)

  

0.84(0.33–2.17)

  

1.26(0.49–3.21)

  

 Q4 (56)

0.48(0.20–1.17)

  

0.45(0.20–1.02)

  

0.84(0.39–1.81)

  
 

0.37(0.13–1.04)

  

0.29(0.10–0.85)

  

0.64(0.24–1.7)

  

 Q5 (55)

1.60(0.74–3.46)

  

1.18(0.55–2.50)

  

1.70(0.80–3.59)

  
 

1.27(0.51–3.16)

  

1.01(0.39–2.63)

  

1.65(0.64–4.28)

  
  1. P1: unadjusted; P2: adjusted for age (continuous); asset score (continuous); physical activity level (natural log transformed); dietary energy/kcal (continuous); woman education (categorical); husband education (categorical); occupation woman (categorical); occupation husband (categorical); marital status (categorical). In the multiple regression models, dummy variables were created for categorical covariates. TF; percentage of energy obtained from dietary fat. P; Test of linear trends across quintiles of SFA, PUFAs, ∑ω-3, and ∑ω-6 were calculated for the models assessing chance of overweight/obesity as measured by body mass index, waist circumference and waist circumference to height ratio. To analyze these linear trends, the median values of total SFA, PUFAs, ∑ω-3, and ∑ω-6 were imputed for each quintile and the new variables were treated as continuous variables. All tests statistics are considered significant for P < 0.05, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence Interval, GO General obesity, WC waist circumference, WHtR waist to height ratio, SFA Saturated fatty acids, PUFA Polyunsaturated fatty acids, ∑ω-3; Summation of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, ∑ω-6; Summation of omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids
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