Table 4 Binary logistic regression analysis of potential risk factors associated with undernutrition among children at selected primary schools in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2014
Risk factors | Categories | Nutritional Status | Crude OR (CI 95%) | Adjusted OR (CI 95%)a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (%) | No (%) | Total (%) | ||||
Family monthly income (ETB@) | <500 | 53 (13.9) | 53 (15.9) | 106 (27.7) | 3.36 (1.65-8.81)** | 5.87 (2.61-13.23)** |
500-1500 | 92 (24.1) | 123 (32.3) | 215 (56.3) | 2.51 (1.30-4.83)* | 5.51(2.45-12.40)** | |
>1500 | 14 (3.7) | 47 (12.3) | 61 (16) | 1 | 1 | |
Meal frequency | ≤ 3times a day | 106 (27.7) | 182 (47.6) | 288 (75.4) | 2.22 (1.38-3.56)** | 4.11(2.23-7.59)** |
>3 times/day | 53 (13.9) | 41 (10.7) | 94 (24.6) | 1 | 1 | |
Parasitic infection | Infected | 71 (18.6) | 129 (33.8) | 200 (52.4) | 1.70 (1.13-2.56)* | 1.60 (1.03-2.46)* |
Not infected | 88 (23) | 94 (24.6) | 182 (47.6) | 1 | 1 | |
Sex of students | Male | 90 (23.6) | 103 (27) | 193 (50.5) | 1.52 (1.01-2.29)* | 1.46 (0.95-2.26) |
Female | 69 (18.1) | 120 (31.4) | 189 (49.5) | 1 | 1 | |
Age (years) | 7-8 | 42 (11) | 76 (19.9) | 118 (30.9) | 1.36 (0.84-2.19) | 1.82 (0.99-3.34) |
9-10 | 75 (19.6) | 100 (26.2) | 175 (45.8) | 1.62 (0.92-2.84) | 1.35 (0.77-2.38) | |
11-13 | 42 (11) | 47 (12.3) | 89 (23.3) | 1 | 1 | |
Hand washing habit | Sometimes | 81 (21.2) | 131 (34.3) | 212 (55.5) | 1.37(0.91-2.07) | |
Always | 78 (20.4) | 92 (24.1) | 170 (44.5) | 1 | ||
Shoe wearing habit | Sometimes | 80 (20.9) | 121 (31.7) | 201 (52.6) | 1.17(0.78-1.76) | |
Always | 79 (20.7) | 102 (26.7) | 181 (47.4) | 1 | ||
Mother education | Illiterate | 55 (14.4) | 70 (18.3) | 125 (32.7) | 0.69 (0.41-1.16) | |
Primary school | 64 (16.8) | 79 (20.7) | 143 (37.4) | 0.67 (0.40-1.11) | ||
Secondary school & above | 40 (10.5) | 74 (19.4) | 114 (29.8) | 1 | ||
Fingernail cleanness | Not clean | 47 (12.3) | 70 (18.3) | 117 (30.6) | 0.92(0.59-1.43) | |
Clean | 112 (29.3) | 153 (40.1) | 265 (69.4) | 1 | ||