Factors Associated with Acute Malnutrition among Children Admitted to a Diarrhoea Treatment Facility in Bangladesh

Table 3

Factors associated with acute malnutrition (wasting): results of logistic regression model.

Attribute	Adjusted odds ratio	95% CI of adjusted OR		𝑃 value
		Lower	Upper
Child’s age >  1  year	3.144	1.431	6.904	0.004
Did not receive measles vaccine (among >9 months old; 𝑛=109 cases and 142 controls)	2.492	0.973	6.378	0.057
Predominant breastfeeding stopped before 4 months	2.669	1.229	5.796	0.013
Teenaged mother (<20 years)	1.758	0.451	6.847	0.416
Shorter mother (height < 1.5 meters)	1.399	0.686	2.851	0.355
Undernourished mother (BMI < 18.5)	2.803	1.203	6.532	0.017
Illiterate or less educated (<5 years’ schooling) mother	1.676	0.754	3.728	0.205
Younger father (age < 25 years)	1.614	0.682	3.815	0.276
Illiterate or less educated (<5 years’ schooling) father	1.186	0.525	2.682	0.681
Father with low-paid job	5.778	2.537	13.157	<0.001
Monthly income < 10000 taka ^a	2.871	1.310	6.291	0.008
Using unsanitary latrine	1.505	0.078	29.173	0.787
Constant	0.016	—	—	0.001

^aTaka (Bangladeshi currency: 1 UD$ = 80 taka, average rate during the study period).