Household Food Insecurity, Low Dietary Diversity, and Early Marriage Were Predictors for Undernutrition among Pregnant Women Residing in Gambella, Ethiopia

Table 5

Independent predictors of undernutrition among pregnant women in Gambella town, 2014 .

Variables	Category	Number (%)	MUAC 21 cm	MUAC > 21 cm	Crude odds ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
Early marriage	Yes	141 (43.8)	66 (46.8)	75 (53.2)	5.3 (3.1–8.9)	3.9 (2.2–6.9)
	No	181 (56.2)	26 (14.4)	155 (85.6)
Dietary diversity score	<6	130 (40.4)	54 (41.5)	76 (58.5)	3.9 (1.8–4.7)	2.1 (1.2–3.6)
	≥6	192 (59.6)	38 (19.8)	154 (80.2)
Household food insecurity	Yes	137 (42.5)	61 (44.5)	76 (55.5)	4.0 (2.4–6.7)	2.3 (1.3–4.1)
	No	165 (57.5)	31 (16.8)	154 (83.2)

p value < 0.01.