High Prevalence of Undernutrition among Children in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Factors associated with wasting among children aged 6–59 months, Gondar Town, northwest Ethiopia.

Variables	Nutritional status (wasting)		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Wasted	Normal
Age of the child
6–11	6	68	1.12 (0.38, 3.28)	2.38 (0.47, 12.0)
12–23	8	173	0.58 (0.22, 1.56)	0.87 (0.20, 3.63)
24–35	11	163	0.86 (0.34, 2.13)	0.76 (0.19, 1.09)
36–47	12	143	1.06 (0.43, 2.61)	2.56 (0.69, 9.41)
48–59	9	114	1.00	1.00
Mothers’ educational status
Illiterate	14	206	1.11 (0.53, 2.32)	1.04 (0.26, 4.08)
Primary	16	194	1.35 (0.66, 2.76)	1.32 (0.38, 4.62)
Secondary and above	16	261	1.00	1.00
Husbands’ education
Illiterate	5	80	0.77 (0.28, 2.09)	1.04 (0.22, 4.97)
Primary	18	297	0.75 (0.39, 1.42)	1.08 (0.38, 3.08)
Secondary and above	23	284	1.00	1.00
Husbands’ occupation
Government employee	13	220	1.00	1.00
Merchant	11	196	0.95 (0.42, 2.17)	1.12 (0.46, 2.71)
Daily laborer	18	166	1.84 (0.87, 3.85)	2.63 (1.10, 6.27)
Own private work	4	79	0.86 (0.27, 2.71)	0.97 (0.29, 3.29)
Family size
≥7	5	63	0.87 (0.32, 2.35)	0.69 (0.14, 3.48)
4–6	25	364	0.86 (0.30, 2.44)	0.44 (0.13, 1.57)
≤3	16	234	1.00	1.00
Number of under-five children
Two and above	10	132	1.11 (0.54, 2.30)	1.16 (0.39, 3.45)
One	36	529	1.00	1.00
Sex of the child
Male	26	352	1.00	1.00
Female	20	309	0.88 (0.48, 1.60)	0.67 (0.28, 1.58)
Number of ANC visits
1–3 times	8	92	1.30 (0.59, 2.88)	0.95 (0.26, 3.38)
4 times and above	38	569	1.00	1.00
Exclusive breast-feeding for the first six months
No	12	118	1.62 (0.82, 3.23)	5.63 (1.7, 18.36)
Yes	34	543	1.00	1.00
Had eating problem
Yes	13	133	1.56 (0.80, 3.05)	2.96 (1.13, 7.78)
No	33	528	1.00	1.00

indicates significance at value less than 0.05.