Knowledge of peri-menarcheal changes and a comparative analysis of the age at menarche among young adolescent school girls in urban and rural Cameroon

Table 6 Factors associated with age at menarche (Before 13 years)

Factors	Bivariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
Factors	OR	CI 95%	p-value	Adj OR	Adj CI 95%	p-value
Resident (urban/rural)	1.76	1.39–2.23	0.000*^,μ	4.35	2.27–8.33	0,000^μ
Level of education of male parent above primary (Y/N)	1.12	0.83–1.52	0.449*	0.10	0.49–2.01	0.997
Age above 14 years (Y/N)	0.33	0.25–0.42	0.000*^,μ	0.30	0.17–1.52	0.000^μ
Occupation of male parent (Unskilled/skilled)	0.80	0.62–1.01	0.066*	1.38	0.74–2.58	0.312
Christian (Y/N)	1.06	0.57–1.98	0.857
Always eats to satisfaction (Y/N)	1.10	0.82–1.48	0.511
Both parents alive (Y/N)	1.28	0.91–1.80	0.162*	0.48	0.22–1.05	0.066
Watches TV everyday	1.16	0.91–1.47	0.221*	1.49	0.87–2.53	0.143
BMI above 25Kg/m²	1.72	1.07–2.77	0.024*^,μ	0.98	0.56–1.70	0.939

* Variables included in the multiple logistic regression model (p-value < 0.5), ^μStatistically significant p-value < 0.05

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