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Table 3 Odds ratios for child characteristics and stunting, wasting, and underweight among Roma children under 5 in Roma Settlements, UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, Serbia, 2005-2006.

From: Risk factors for childhood malnutrition in Roma settlements in Serbia

Characteristic

Stunting

Wasting

Underweight

 

%

OR

95%

aORa

95%

%

OR

95%

aORa

95%

%

OR

95%

aORa

95%

   

CI

 

CI

  

CI

    

CI

 

CI

Diarrhea in last

2 weeks

21.5

1.1

(0.7, 1.7)

1.1

(0.7, 1.7)

3.2

0.7

(0.3, 1.9)

0.7

(0.3, 2.1)

7.0

0.8

(0.4, 1.6)

0.9

(0.5, 1.8)

Cough in last

2 weeks

18.7

0.9

(0.6, 1.2)

0.9

(0.6, 1.3)

4.4

1.0

(0.6, 1.8)

1.0

(0.5, 1.9)

6.6

0.7

(0.5, 1.1)

0.7

(0.5, 1.1)

Ever breastfed

21.6

0.7

(0.4, 1.2)

0.7

(0.4, 1.3)

4.8

1.3

(0.5, 3.2)

1.1

(0.5, 2.6)

8.0

0.6

(0.2, 1.6)

0.6

(0.2, 1.8)

Child not

registered

27.5

1.5

(0.9, 2.7)

1.1

(0.6, 2.2)

3.9

0.9

(0.2, 4.0)

1.3

(0.2, 7.0)

7.8

1.1

(0.4, 2.8)

1.0

(0.3, 2.9)

Child ever left

in care of another

child

30.2

2.0*

(1.4, 2.8)

1.7*

(1.2, 2.5)

4.2

1.0

(0.5, 1.9)

1.1

(0.6, 2.1)

9.0

1.2

(0.8, 1.8)

1.2

(0.8, 1.9)

  1. a Adjusted for all covariates in Table 1.
  2. * p < 0.05