From: Household food insecurity and symptoms of neurologic disorder in Ethiopia: An observational analysis
Total | Seizures | Extremity Weakness | Extremity Numbness | Movement Abnormalities | Difficulty Speaking | Carpal Tunnel | Vision Dysfunction | Spinal Pain | Comorbid Disorders | ||||||||||
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% | % | 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 |