Table 6 Factors associated with wasting among children of 6–59 months of age, Bule Hora district, 2013
Variables | Wasting | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
Child sex | Female | 39 | 356 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Male | 65 | 318 | 1.8(1.2-2.8)* | 1.78(0.8-2.8) | |
Maternal formal education | Yes | 27 | 254 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
No | 78 | 419 | 1.8(1.1-2.9)* | 1.5(0.9-2.6) | |
Diarrhea in the last two weeks | No | 49 | 534 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Yes | 55 | 140 | 4.2(2.8-6.5)* | 2.7(1.1-6.4)* | |
Age at complementary food started (in months) | ≥6 | 59 | 498 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
<6 | 46 | 175 | 2.3(1.5-5.8)* | 3.3(1.5-7.4)* | |
Ever use of FP | Yes | 41 | 318 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
No | 52 | 311 | 1.3(0.84-2.0) | 3.8(1.3-11.6)* | |
Availability of latrine | No | 73 | 550 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Yes | 31 | 124 | 1.9(1.2-3.0)* | 0.61(0.38-0.99) | |
Availability of window | Yes | 62 | 516 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
No | 42 | 158 | 2.2(1.4-3.4)* | 0.62(0.38-1.0) | |
Providing Pre-lacteal feeding | No | 86 | 598 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Yes | 18 | 76 | 1.6(0.94-2.9)* | 1.28(0.71-2.3) | |