Prevalence and predictors of under-nutrition among school children in a rural South-eastern Nigerian community: a cross sectional study

Table 4 Multivariate analysis of risk factors for underweight, stunting and thinness among the school children

Independent variables	AOR	95% CI	P value
	Underweight
Female household head	0.30	0.12–0.75	0.010*
Income above 25,000 Naira (79.43$)	0.63	0.21–1.92	0.419
Weekly food expenditure above 5000 Naira (15.89$)	0.19	0.08–0.46	0.000***
Older school children (10–15 years)	1.57	0.56–4.44	0.392
Female school children	1.51	0.63–3.58	0.354
	Stunting
Income above 25,000 Naira (79.43$)	1.01	0.31–3.29	0.986
Weekly food expenditure above 5000 Naira (15.89$)	0.36	0.13–0.95	0.039*
Female school children	0.31	0.11–0.83	0.020*
Older school children (10–15 years)	1.45	0.51–4.16	0.488
Malaria present	0.37	0.12–1.10	0.072
Tapeworm present	0.69	0.22–2.20	0.530
	Thinness
Secondary school children	1.20	0.66–2.16	0.550
Income above 25,000 Naira (79.43$)	0.47	0.25–0.88	0.019*
Weekly food expenditure above 5000 Naira (15.89$)	0.49	0.30–0.80	0.005**
Older school children (10–15 years)	1.35	0.68–2.69	0.392
Female school children	0.68	0.42–1.12	0.129

AOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, *P < 0.05 **P < 0.01 ***P < 0.001

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