Variables (n=358)
Wasting (n=102) No.[%]
Non wasting (n=256) No.[%]
Crude OR [95%CI]
Adjusted OR [95%CI]
Age (months)
36-47
26 [17]
78 [50.9]
1.28 [1.55-4.56] ***
2.87[1.73-4.77] ***
48-60
76 [37.1]
178 [86.8]
1.00
1.00
Wealth index
Low
50 (49.0)
86(33.6)
1.15 [2.01-7.41] **
4.41 [2.94-8.45] ***
Medium
34 (33.3)
51(19.9)
0.35 [0.11-3.22]
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High
18(17.6)
119(46.5)
1.00
1.00
Family size
<5
17[16.7]
57 [22.3]
2.88 [2.01-4.12]**
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≥5
85 [83.3]
199 [77.7]
1.00
Maternal education
Illiterate
62 [60.8]
79 [30.9]
2.22[1.01-4.89] *
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Literate
40 [39.2]
177 [69.1]
1.00
Table 4:
Multivariable logistic regression analysis predicting the likelihood of a child in Hawassa Zuria to be acute malnutrition (Wasted), 2012,P<0.05*, P<0.01**, P<0.001***.
