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Table 2 Odds ratios (ORs) for child stunting among the whole child group using univariate and multiple logistic regressions

From: Factors associated with stunting among children according to the level of food insecurity in the household: a cross-sectional study in a rural community of Southeastern Kenya

Variables

Crude OR

95% CI

Adjusted OR

95% CI

Child age (mo)

 

0-5

Ref.

 

Ref.

 
 

6-11

2.31

(0.51 - 10.42)

1.85

(0.52 - 10.89)

 

12-23

3.70

(1.02 - 13.45)

2.48

(0.92 - 13.95)

 

24-35

5.08

(1.46 - 17.69)

3.58

(1.33 - 20.10)

 

36-47

5.80

(1.71 - 19.75)

3.43

(1.40 - 18.98)

 

48-59

3.40

(0.96 - 12.02)

2.13

(0.72 - 12.10)

Child gender

 

Boys

Ref.

Ref.

 

Girls

1.20

(0.75 - 1.92)

1.52

(0.92 - 2.52)

Caregiver’s age (y)

 

18 and younger

2.21

(0.62 - 7.84)

  
 

19-30

Ref.

   
 

31-40

0.97

(0.56 - 1.67)

  
 

Above 40

1.88

(0.78 - 4.53)

  
 

Missing

-

   

Caregiver’s BMI

 

Underweight

Ref.

   
 

Normal

0.66

(0.40 - 1.11)

  
 

Overweight

1.09

(0.41 - 2.94)

  
 

Obese

0.83

(0.16 - 4.26)

  

Caregiver’s education status

 

Not educated

Ref.

   
 

Preschool

-

   
 

Primary

0.83

(0.51 - 1.35)

  
 

Secondary

0.20

(0.02 - 1.64)

  

Siblings of preschool age

 

0 or 1

Ref.

 

Ref.

 
 

2 or more

1.69

(1.01 - 2.83)

1.59

(0.93 - 2.73)

HFIAS* category (food insecurity)

 

Secure

Ref.

 

Ref.

 
 

Mildly insecure

0.92

(0.29 - 2.95)

1.02

(0.30 - 3.47)

 

Moderately insecure

0.88

(0.32 - 2.38)

0.94

(0.32 - 2.77)

 

Severely insecure

1.38

(0.70 - 2.69)

1.17

(0.56 - 2.43)

Socio economic status (SES)

 

Poorest

Ref.

 

Ref.

 
 

Second

0.65

(0.34 - 1.26)

0.59

(0.29 - 1.17)

 

Third

0.80

(0.42 - 1.50)

0.68

(0.33 - 1.41)

 

Fourth

0.41

(0.20 - 0.82)

0.34

(0.16 - 0.72)

Child health conditions

Diarrhea

    
 

No

Ref.

   
 

Yes

1.17

(0.71 - 1.93)

  

Current jiggers infection

 

No

Ref.

 

Ref.

 
 

Yes

1.66

(0.99 - 2.77)

1.48

(0.83 - 2.64)

Ring worm

 

No

Ref.

   
 

Yes

1.34

(0.80 - 2.25)

  

Dietary intake in previous 24 h

Plain water

    
 

No

Ref.

   
 

Yes

1.25

(0.66 - 2.37)

  

Non-milk liquids

 

No

Ref.

   
 

Yes

1.29

(0.79 - 2.08)

  

Tea/porridge with milk in previous 24 h

 

No

Ref.

 

Ref.

 
 

Yes

1.65

(1.03 - 2.64)

1.69

(0.98 - 2.93)

Animal rearing

    
 

No

Ref.

 

Ref.

 
 

Yes

1.82

(1.06 - 3.11)

1.62

(0.87 - 3.01)

  1. Note: 393 among 404 children with non-missing variables were used for the multivariate logistic regression analysis. For multivariate logistic regression, all variables listed in Table 1 were used and selected by backward stepwise selectin with 0.2 of significant level of removal from the model. All the selected variables were used for calculating adjusted odds ratios (adjusted ORs).
  2. *HFIAS, Household Food Insecurity Access Scale
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