Household food insecurity and symptoms of neurologic disorder in Ethiopia: An observational analysis

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Univariate and bivariate statistics of all neurologic symptom aggregates and covariates among 450 adult women in Jimma zone, Ethiopia

	Total	Seizures		Extremity Weakness		Extremity Numbness		Movement Abnormalities		Difficulty Speaking		Carpal Tunnel		Vision Dysfunction		Spinal Pain		Comorbid Disorders
	%	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p
Overall	100	5.3	--	29.1	--	23.8	--	18.0	--	5.3	--	12.9	--	42.7	--	11.6	--	42.0	--
Food Insecurity			0.001		0.282		0.038		< 0.001		0.092		< 0.001		< 0..001		0.123		< 0.001
Secure	53.8	3.3		28.9		20.3		9.9		4.1		8.7		36.4		9.9		36.0
Moderate	22.9	2.9		24.3		33.0		23.3		3.9		9.7		40.8		9.7		38.8
Severe	23.3	12.4		34.3		22.9		31.4		9.5		25.7		59.1		17.1		59.1
Age			0.502		0.053		0.005		0.786		0.351		< 0.001		0.004		0.091		0.007
< 30	8.4	9.7		19.4		25.8		16.1		0.0		3.2		22.6		9.7		32.3
30-40	71.6	5.3		30.6		20.8		17.0		6.04		11.3		41.9		9.8		40.8
> 40	20.0	4.1		26.3		39.2		20.3		6.8		27.0		56.8		18.9		59.5
Asset Index*			0.491		0.677		0.419		0.164		0.267		0.118		0.551		0.059		0.627
high	52.7	4.6		30.0		25.3		15.6		4.2		10.6		41.4		8.89		40.9
low	47.3	6.1		28.2		22.1		20.7		6.6		15.5		44.1		14.6		43.2

* A set of material assets was asked of each household, including the possession of household electricity, a television, a radio, a phone/mobile, and/or tapedeck/VHS/DVD player; items were summed and household's socioeconomic status was categorized based on whether the household was above or below the median asset ownership, which was one of the above assets per household.

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