Prevalence of Undernutrition and Its Associated Factors among Children below Five Years of Age in Bure Town, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara National Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 5

Logistic regression analysis of undernutrition among children below five years of age in Bure, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara regional state, northwest Ethiopia, in 2015 ().

Variables	Stunting			Wasting			Underweight
	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
Sex
Male				2.165 (1.068, 4.391)	0.514 (0.211, 1.251)	0.143	3.008 (1.55, 5.825)	2.91 (1.430, 5.915)	0.003
Female				1	1		1
Maternal education status
Cannot read and write	3.03 (1.089, 8.447)	1.43 (0.322, 6.33)	0.639	4.337 (1.217, 15.454)	5.493 (1.270, 23.761)	0.023
Only read and write	2.322 (0.759, 7.10)	1.34 (0.303, 5.943)	0.698	4.826 (1.242, 18.756)	5.929 (1.351, 26.09)	0.018
Primary education	2.661 (0.899, 7.88)	1.89 (0.462, 7.745)	0.375	3.029 (0.750, 12.234)	3.547 (0.829, 15.177)	0.088
Secondary education	1.645 (0.550, 4.92)	1.51 (0.414, 5.49)	0.534	1	1	—
Diploma or degree	1	1		2.056 (0.395, 10.694)	3.302 (0.512, 21.317)	0.209
Father’s educational status
Cannot read and write	4.47 (1.78, 11.28)	5.38 (2.07, 13.98)	0.001	5.676 (1.119, 28.79)	4.336 (0.789, 23.82)	0.091	6.56 (1.7, 25.18)	4.40 (1.1, 17.44)	0.035
Only read and write	2.36 (1.02, 5.46)	2.73 (1.11, 6.72)	0.029	5.000 (1.087, 23.00)	5.344 (1.151, 24.82)	0.032	3.28 (0.89, 12.03)	2.84 (0.74, 10.84)	0.127
Primary education	1	1	—	1	1	—	2.50 (0.62, 10.16)	1.238 (0.26, 6.02)	0.791
Secondary education	1.270 (0.486, 3.32)	2.08 (0.810, 5.33)	0.128	5.57 (1.209, 25.681)	15.358 (1.15, 24.88)	0.032	4.172 (1.19, 15.7)	3.81 (1.01, 14.5)	0.050
Diploma or degree	1.869 (0.785, 4.45)	1.16 (0.407, 3.31)	0.780	1.525 (0.246, 9.461)	1.461 (0.234, 9.123)	0.685	1	1
Monthly income
Less than 750	1.77 (1.013, 3.089)	0.861 (0.37, 1.997)	0.728	2.695 (1.098, 1.098)	2.685 (1.089, 6.620)	0.032	2.51 (1.16, 5.44)	1.64 (0.58, 4.66)	0.357
750–1500	0.77 (0.368, 1.609)	0.499 (0.21, 1.187)	0.116	2.804 (1.037, 1.037)	3.077 (1.125, 8.415)	0.029	2.33 (0.97, 5.62)	2.22 (0.75, 6.55)	0.150
>1500	1	1		1	1		1	1
Gestational age
Term				2.567 (0.603, 10.928)	4.923 (0.919, 26.379)	0.06	2.6 (0.75, 4.730)	3.72 (0.66, 20.89)	0.14
Preterm				2.931 (0.999, 8.598)	3.942 (1.121, 13.85)	0.03	3.2 (1.21, 8.30)	3.71 (1.05, 13.11)	0.04
Postterm				1	1		1	1
Diarrhea in the last 1 month
Yes	3.39 (1.784, 6.442)	2.621 (1.31, 5.25)	0.007	9.061 (4.390, 18.702)	9.452 (4.342, 20.576)	0.000	3.73 (1.83, 7.61)	3.306 (1.421, 6.79)	0.005
No	1	1		1			1
RTI in the last one month
Yes	2.58 (1.38, 4.83)	2.658 (1.34, 5.28)	0.005	5.710 (2.824, 11.54)	6.003 (2.757, 13.074)	0.000	2.57 (1.29, 5.10)	2.420 (1.09, 5.38)	0.03
No	1	1		1	1		1	1
ANC follow-up
Yes				1	1		1	1
No				4.46 (1.44, 13.820)	4.45 (1.41, 14.06)	0.011	8 (2.75, 23.15)	10.5 (3.24, 33.99)	0.000

Note: COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; , significant association; RTI, respiratory tract infection.