Table 2 Factors associated with wasting among infants and young children in Filtu town, Somali Region, April 2013
Characteristics | Number of wasted children | a COR (95 % CI) | b AOR (95 % CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal education status | Never attended formal education | 29 | 1.13 (0.85-1.48) | |
Attended formal education | 8 | 1 | ||
Food security status | Food insecure | 6 | 1.46 (0.16-1.27) | |
Food secure | 31 | 1 | ||
Age at complementary food introduction | 1.60 (0.76-3.38) | |||
Acute resp. infection in the last 15 days | Yes | 9 | 1.62 (0.73-3.63) | |
No | 28 | 1 | ||
Diarrheal disease in the 15 days | Yes | 20 | 2.52 (1.23-5.19) | 2.13 (1.55-4.69)* |
No | 17 | 1 | ||
Recommended meal frequency | Yes | 13 | 0.96 (0.82-1.11) | |
No | 24 | 1 | ||
Bottle feeding yesterday | Yes | 28 | 2.74 (1.18-6.38) | 2.32 (0.98-4.22) |
No | 8 | 1 | ||
Breast feeding in the last 24 hour | Yes | 30 | 0.32 (0.13-0.77) | 0.38(0.14-0.99)* |
No | 7 | 1 | ||
24 hour dietary diversity score | ≥4 | 7 | 1.52 (0.62-3.69) | |
<4 | 30 | 1 | ||
Wealth index | Poor | 4 | 1.17 (0.25-5.47) | |
Medium | 10 | 1.22 (0.35-4.74) | ||
High | 4 | 1 | ||