Relation of Food Insecurity and Hemoglobin Level in Preschool Aged Children

Table 3

Multivariate regression analysis of socioeconomics variables, child characteristics, and hemoglobin level and household food insecurity status. Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil, 2014.

Variables	Crude odds ratio (95% CI)				Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
	Mild FI		Moderate/severe FI		Mild FI		Moderate/severe FI
Maternal education
≤8 years	2.4 (1.3–4.1)	0.003	4.7 (2.4–9.3)	<0.001	2.0 (1.1–3.6)	0.03	2.6 (1.2–5.6)	0.01
>8 years	1		1		1		1
Income per capita
<0.25 wage	1.9 (0.9–4.0)	0.08	7.6 (3.5–16.2)	0.57			3.9 (1.7–9.1)	0.001
≥0.25 wage	1		1				1
Cash transfer program
Yes	2.2 (1.2–3.9)	0.01	5.0 (2.5–10.0)	<0.001	1.9 (1.0–3.5)	0.05	2.7 (1.2–5.8)	0.01
No	1		1		1		1
Sex
Male	1.5 (0.9–2.6)	0.10	2.5 (1.3–5.0)	0.01
Female	1		1
Hemoglobin level
<11 g/dL	1.9 (1.0–3.6)	0.05	1.6 (0.7–3.5)	0.28
≥11 g/dL	1		1

Wage = US 306; FI: food insecurity; CI: confidence interval.