Research Article
Prevalence of Thinness and Stunting and Associated Factors among Adolescent School Girls in Adwa Town, North Ethiopia
Table 3
Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression of factors associated with stunting among adolescent school girls, Adwa town, Northern Ethiopia, 2015.
| | Characteristics | Stunting | | | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| | Age of adolescent | | | | | | Early | 28 (19.7%) | 114 (80.3%) | 2.91 (1.53, 5.56) | 1.62 (0.64, 4.09) | | Middle | 54 (11.9%) | 399 (88.1%) | 1.60 (0.90, 2.84) | 1.25 (0.68, 2.30) | | Late | 17 (7.8%) | 202 (92.2%) | 1 | | | Type of school | | | | | | Governmental | 92 (12.6%) | 640 (87.4%) | 1.54 (0.68, 3.44) | | | Private | 7 (8.5%) | 75 (91.5%) | 1 | | | Meals per day | | | | | | <3 meals/day | 45 (16.6%) | 226 (83.4%) | 1.8 (1.17, 2.76) | 1.44 (0.92, 2.25) | | ≥3 meals/day | 54 (9.9%) | 489 (90.1%) | 1 | | | Family size | | | | | | ≤5 | 35 (7.8%) | 411 (92.2%) | 1 | 1 | | >5 | 64 (17.4%) | 304 (82.6%) | 2.47 (1.59, 3.83) | 2.05 (1.31, 3.23) | | Source of drinking water | | | | | | Improved | 73 (10.2%) | 642 (89.8%) | 1 | 1 | | Nonimproved | 26 (26.3%) | 73 (73.7%) | 3.13 (1.88, 5.21) | 3.82 (2.20, 6.62) | | Home latrine | | | | | | Yes | 71 (10.7%) | 590 (89.3%) | 1 | 1 | | No | 28 (18.3%) | 125 (81.7%) | 1.86 (1.15, 3.00) | 0.97 (0.50, 1.85) | | Mass media exposure | | | | | | High | 74 (11.0%) | 597 (89.0%) | 1 | | | Low | 25 (17.5%) | 118 (82.5%) | 1.70 (1.04, 2.80) | | | Menstruation status | | | | | | Yes | 57 (9.5%) | 546 (90.5%) | 1 | 1 | | No | 42 (19.9%) | 169 (80.1%) | 2.38 (1.54, 3.67) | 2.80 (1.75, 4.48) |
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= value < 0.05. Signficant associated.
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