Variable
Under nutrition
COR
AOR
P-value
Yes
No
(95% CI)
(95%CI)
Age(years)
15-17
74(50.7%)
72(49.3%)
3.1(2.0-4.7)*
1.4(0.6-3.7)
0.448
18-19
70(25.2%)
208(74.8%)
1
Marital status
Never married
9(23.7%)
39(76.3%)
1.3(0.5-3.4)
5.2(0.03-9.9)
0.539
Married
124(40.9%)
179(59.1%)
3.9(2.0-7.7)*
1.5(0.4-5.8)
0.55
Other
11(15.1%)
62(84.9%)
1
Age at 1
st
Marriage
Never married
9(23.7%)
39(76.3%)
2.6(0.9-7.4)
1
<15
14(39.5%)
21(60.5%)
16.0(6.5-39.4)*
7.3(9.5-23.7)*
0.022
15-17
118(38.6%)
188(61.4%)
7.0(3.1-16.2)*
0.5(0.1-2.3)
0.353
18-19
3(8.2%)
32(91.8%)
1
1
Marriage type
Never married
9(23.7%)
39(76.3%)
2.9(1.2-6.9)*
1
Arranged
120(58.3%)
86(41.7%)
15.4(8.4-28.5)*
0.8(0.2-2.4)
0.641
Love
14(8.3%)
155(91.7%)
1
1
Educational status
Literate
49(17.9%)
224(82.1%)
0.1(0.1-0.2)*
0.4(0.2-0.8)*
0.043
Illiterate
95(62.9%)
56(37.1%)
1
1
Occupation
House wife
103(53.9%)
88(46.1%)
1.2(0.7-2.0)
1.1(0.3-3.7)
0.854
Merchant
16(16.3%)
82(83.7%)
0.3(0.1-0.5)*
1.2(0.3-4.4)
0.762
Gov’t employee
11(19.6%)
45(80.4%)
0.2(0.1-0.4)*
0.5(0.1-4.3)
0.54
Other
55(69.6%)
24(30.4%)
1
1
Numbers of pregnancy
<3
91(23.3%)
268(74.7%)
0.1(0.04-0.2)*
0.1(0.03-0.3)*
0.0001
≥3
53(81.5%)
12(18.5%)
1
1
ANC visits
No ANC
114(55.3%)
92(44.7%)
11.4(6.3-20.5)*
6.0(1.2-30.1)*
0.031
<4 visits
27(27.8%)
70(72.2%)
4.6(2.4-8.8)*
1.2(0.2-6.5)
0.834
≥4 visits
3(2.5%)
118(97.5%)
1
1
Number of meals/day
<3meal
28(71.8%)
11(28.2%)
3.4(1.7-7.1)*
1.1(0.3-3.4)
0.897
≥3meal
116(30.1%)
269(69.9%)
1
1
Meal pattern
Regular
51(19.7%)
208(80.3%)
0.2(0.2-0.4)*
1.2(0.6-2.5)
0.63
Irregular
93(56.4%)
72(43.6)
1
1
Change in food intake
No change
112(50.2%)
111(49.2%)
6.0(3.5-11.7)*
0.5(0.2-1.5)
0.199
Frequency
15(26.3%)
42(73.7%)
2.0(1.0-4.0)*
0.7(0.2-2.4)
0.624
Amount
7(16.3%)
36(83.7%)
2.0(1.0-4.5)*
0.6(0.2-2.6)
0.543
Freq. & amt.
10(9.9%)
91(90.1%)
1
1
Workload
Yes
119(72.6%)
45(27.4%)
7.3(4.7-11.3)*
13.6(6.3-28.8)*
0.0001
No
25(9.6%)
235(90.4%)
1
1
Support
Yes
53(18.1%)
240(81.9%)
0.2(0.1-0.3)*
0.4(0.2-0.8) *
0.007
No
91(69.5%)
40(30.5%)
1
1
Table 2:
Key: COR=crude odds ratio, AOR=Adjusted odds ratio, CI=confidence interval, *=P-value ≤ 0.05 for statistical significance.
