The association between combined oral contraceptive use and overweight/obesity: a secondary data analysis of the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In this study, we aimed to assess the association between combined oral contraceptive (OC) use and overweight/obesity among Ethiopian adult women of reproductive age.

Design, setting and participants

The data were extracted from the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey; these data were collected from nine regions and two city administrations. We analysed the data from a total of 11 018 women aged 18-49 years who met eligibility criteria.

Main outcome measures

We employed WHO criteria to classify the body mass index of women. Specifically we tested the association between combined OC utilisation with overweight/obesity after controlling for confounding variables.

Result

The prevalence of combined OC utilisation was 1.7% and the prevalence of ov

SUBMITTER: Endalifer ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7768964 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature