Malnutrition among 6–59-Month-Old Children at District 2 Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Prevalence and Associated Factors

Table 6

Results of Poisson regression of factors associated with stunting status.

Variables	Risk Ratio	95CI	p-value
Normal birth weight	0.29	0.15-0.56	<0.001
Breastfeeding in the first hour after birth	0.78	0.29-2.07	0.612
Age of starting complementary foods timely	0.70	0.50-0.99	<0.05
Duration of this disease	1.12	0.90-1.39	0.323
Getting full vaccination	0.21	0.04-1.03	0.055
Diarrhea	0.87	0.10-7.52	0.902
Number of Children in household
1	1
2	0.36	0.14-1.02	0.055
3	0.12	0.16-1.70	0.054
Mother’s age (years)
<25	1
≥ 25 and <35	1.39	0.68-2.83	0.363
≥ 35	0.46	0.06-3.48	0.451