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Table 3 Factors associated with underweight among adult prisoners with respiratory infection in Tigray region in 2013/2014, northern Ethiopia (n = 787)

From: One-fourth of the prisoners are underweight in Northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Crude OR (95% CI)

p-value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P-value

Age

5 year increase

0.91 (0.86, 0.98)

0.007**

0.95 (0.87, 1.03)

0.207

Family support

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Yes

0.58 (0.42, 0.79)

<0.001***

0.61 (0.43, 0.85)

0.004**

Marital status

Married

1.00

 

1.00

 

Single

1.45 (1.04, 2.01)

0.027*

0.87 (0.58, 1.31)

0.499

Divorced/widowed

0.87 (0.42, 1.81)

0.708

0.50 (0.23, 1.09)

0.081

Educational status

No formal education

1.00

   

Has formal education

1.21 (0.84, 1.76)

0.313

0.93 (0.60, 1.44)

0.752

Occupation

Unemployed

1.00

 

1.00

 

Civil servant

0.56 (0.30, 1.03)

0.061

0.68 (0.35, 1.32)

0.252

Farmer

0.51 (0.33, 0.8)

0.003**

0.59 (0.36, 0.98)

0.042*

Student

1.13 (0.65, 1.95)

0.674

1.16 (0.65, 2.08)

0.614

Other occupations

0.72 (0.40, 1.30)

0.270

0.83 (0.45, 1.54)

0.552

Duration since jailed

1 year increase

1.04 (0.99, 1.10)

0.131

1.07 (1.01, 1.14)

0.026*

Khat chewing

No

1.00

   

Yes

2.68 (1.65, 4.35)

<0.001***

2.08 (1.17, 3.70)

0.013*

Smoking

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Yes

1.61 (1.12, 2.33)

0.011*

0.92 (0.58, 1.46)

0.727

History of previous jail

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Yes

1.84 (1.21, 2.81)

0.005**

1.54 (0.99, 2.42)

0.058

HIV

Negative

1.00

 

1.00

 

Positive

1.51 (0.74, 3.08)

0.254

1.50 (0.70, 3.21)

0.302

Has TB

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Yes

1.83 (0.88, 3.81)

0.107

1.44 (0.66, 3.12)

0.360

  1. *signifies for p-value <0.05, **signifies for p-value < 0.01, and ***signifies <0.001