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Table 3 Nutritional and other factors associated with of malaria in under-five children, Adami Tulu district, Ethiopia 2014 (N = 428)

From: Association between malaria and malnutrition among children aged under-five years in Adami Tulu District, south-central Ethiopia: a case–control study

Factors

Cases

Controls

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

95 % CI

Lower

Upper

Child age (months)

      

  6–24

50

116

1.55

1.55

0.96

2.51

  25–59

57

205

1.00

1.00

  

Sex

      

  Male

70

179

1.55

1.51

0.93

2.47

  Female

37

142

1.00

1.00

  

Sleep under ITN last

      

night

      

  Yes

27

123

0.54

0.65

0.38

1.11

  No

80

198

1.00

1.00

  

Literacy of respondent

      

  No education

70

181

2.46

2.99 a

1.27

7.61

  Primary(1–8)

29

89

2.08

2.41

0.96

6.06

  Secondary(9–12)

8

51

1.00

1.00

  

Wasting

      

  Severe wasting (WHZ < − 3)

14

12

3.86

2.95 a

1.14

7.60

  Moderate wasting ( −3 ≤ WHZ < 2)

5

18

0.92

0.66

0.21

2.03

  No-wasting (WHZ ≥ −2)

88

291

1.00

1.00

  

Indoor residual

      

Spraying

      

  Yes

71

235

0.72

0.64

0.37

1.11

  No

36

86

1.00

1.00

  
  1. aIndicates significant OR