Explanatory variables Wasting  COR 95% CI AOR 95% CI
Yes No
Child sex
Male 76 334 1  
Female 62 348 0.783(0.542-1.131)  
Ownership of livestock
Yes 85 477 1  
No 53 205 1.451(0.992-2.122)  
Immunization
Yes 129 656 1  
No 9 26 1.760(0.806-3.844)  
Presence of Fever
Yes 14 41 1  
No 124 641 0.567(0.300-1.071)  
Initiation of breastfeeding
Immediate after birth 81 465 1  
After 1 to 24 hrs 2 20 0.574(0.132-2.503)  
After a day 55 197 1.603(1.095-2.346)*  
Kinds of foods/fluids as pre-lacteal feeding
Water with sugar 14 111 1  
Butter 51 196 2.063(1.093-3.3.895)*  
Treatment of  drinking water by any meansa
Yes 81 513 1 1
No 57 169 2.136(1.460-3.126)*** 2.416(1.343-4.347)**
Available of latrine
Yes 91 507 1  
No 47 175 1.496(1.011-2.214)*  
Note *** p<0.001, **p<0.01, *P<0.05 a=boiling, bleaching, Straining with cloth
Backward LR used in multivariate analysis
Table 8: Bivariate and multivariate analysis showing impact of selected independent variables on wasting among children age 6-59 months at Hidabu Abote district, North Shewa, Oromia, September 2012(n=820).