Table 2 Univariable analysis of risk factors for severe wasting in infants
Variables | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | P value |
|---|---|---|
Carer factors | ||
 Current carer | 1.03 (0.30–3.46) | 1.00 |
 Mother | 1.00 | |
 Father lives in household | 0.73 (0.44–1.22) | 0.23 |
 Father not in household | 1.00 | |
 Carer education | 0.79 (0.52–1.20) | 0.33 |
 No carer education | 1.00 | |
 Maternal age | 1.02 (0.98, 1.06) | 0.34 |
 Maternal age 21 years | 1.00 | |
 Paternal age | 1.00 (0.96–1.01) | 0.48 |
 Paternal age 25 years | 1.00 | |
 No monthly income for mother | 2 (0.65–6.12) | 0.23 |
 Monthly income for mother | 1.00 | |
 Children under 5y in household | 1.39 (0.96–2.01) | 0.09 |
 No children under 5y | 1.00 | |
 Maternal depressive symptoms | 1.18 (0.54–2.61) | 0.68 |
 No maternal depression | 1.00 | |
 Other makes decision to seek medical care | 1.09 (0.62–1.90) | 0.78 |
 Mother makes decision to seek medical care | 1.00 | |
 Principal component 1 (socioeconomic measure) | 1.07 (0.89–1.29) | 0.48 |
 Lowest quintile | 1.00 | |
 Principal component 2 (socioeconomic measure) | 0.86 (0.68–1.10) | 0.19 |
 Lowest quintile | 1.00 | |
Infant factors | ||
 Parity | 1.01 (0.90–1.14) | 0.82 |
 Index child only child | 1.00 | |
 Age breastfeeding stopped | 1.0 (0.93–1.10) | 0.93 |
 0 months | 1.00 | |
 Age of introducing complementary feeds (prospective) | 1.09 (0.86–1.39) | 0.47 |
 1 month | 1.00 | |
 Other decides on type complementary food for infant | 1.09 (0.62–1.90) | 0.78 |
 Mother decides on type of complementary food for infant | 1.00 | |
 Frequency of complementary feeds (1–8) | 1.51 (1.13–2.01) | 0.005 |
 Feeds once a day | 1.00 | |
 Other feeds infant | 0.81 (0.26–2.50) | 0.72 |
 Mother feeds infant | 1.00 | |
 No scheduled feed | 1.11(0.61–2.04) | 0.74 |
 Scheduled feeding | 1.00 |  |
Illness episodes in infancy | ||
 Diarrhoea episodes | 0.96 (0.84–1.09) | 0.51 |
 No diarrhoea episodes | 1.00 | |
 Morbidity | 1.02 (0.96–1.07) | 0.53 |
 No morbidity | 1.00 |  |
Sibling factors | ||
 Sibling death | 1.04 (0.55–1.94) | 0.91 |
 No sibling death | 1.00 |  |
Environmental factors | ||
 Number of people sleeping in household | 1.90 (0.99–1.21) | 0.09 |
 2 people | 1.00 | |
 Number of rooms in household | 1.24 (1.00–1.60) | 0.10 |
 1 room | 1.00 | |
 Source of water more than 30 min  Source of drinking water less than 30 | 0.75 (0.14–4.00) | 0.74 |
 minutes | 1.00 | |
 Drinking water for household fetched daily  Drinking water for household not fetched | 0.59(0.10–3.56) | 0.57 |
 daily | 1.00 | |
 Increasing trips for fetching drinking water | 0.94 (0.82–1.10) | 0.47 |
 One water trip | 1.00 | |
 Water treatment | 0.85 (0.48–1.50) | 0.57 |
 No water treatment | 1.00 | |
 No toilet in compound | 3 (0.78–11.51) | 0.11 |
 Toilet in compound | 1.00 | |
 Hand washing without soap | 1.10 (0.44–2.72) | 0.84 |
 Hand wash with soap | 1.00 | |