Child Night Blindness and Bitot’s Spots Are Public Health Problems in Lay Armachiho District, Central Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 6
Results of bivariate and multivariable logistic regression of night blindness among children aged 24-59 months in Lay Armachiho District, Central Gondar Zone, northwest Ethiopia, 2019.
Variables
Night blindness
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Yes (%)
No (%)
Mother’s educational status
Illiterate
16 (1.49%)
620 (61.66%)
3.17 (1.17, 7.69)
2.94 (1.12, 6.72)
Literate
3 (0.39%)
368 (36.44%)
1.00
1.00
Father’s educational status
Illiterate
15 (1.49%)
617 (61.27%)
2.25 (0.74, 6.85)
2.07 (0.67, 6.42)
Literate
4 (0.39%)
371 (36.84%)
1.00
1.00
Age of child (in months)
24-35
1 (0.09%)
294 (29.19%)
1.00
1.00
36-47
6 (0.59%)
322 (31.98%)
5.48 (0.66, 45.77)
4.6 (0.53, 39.70)
48-59
12 (1.19%)
372 (36.94%)
9.48 (1.23, 73.35)
9.81 (1.24, 77.36)
Sex of child
Female
11 (1.09%)
488 (48.46%)
1.41 (0.56, 3.53)
1.66 (0.18, 15.46)
Male
8 (0.80%)
500 (49.65%)
1.00
1.00
Family size
≥4
17 (1.69%)
631 (62.66%)
4.81 (1.11, 20.93)
4.52 (1.02, 19.90)
<4
2 (0.19%)
57 (35.45%)
1.00
1.00
Latrine availability
Yes
7 (0.69%)
210 (20.85%)
1.00
1.00
No
12 (1.19%)
78 (77.26%)
2.16 (0.84, 5.55)
1.98 (0.75, 5.25)
Diarrhea in the last 2 weeks
Yes
6 (0.59%)
66 (6.55%)
6.45 (2.34, 17.22)
5.00 (1.73, 14.54)
No
13 (1.29%)
922 (91.55%)
1.00
1.00
Respiratory infection in the last 2 weeks
Yes
(0.39%)
78 (7.74%)
3.11 (1.06, 10.17)
3.29 (1.07, 9.70)
No
15 (1.49%)
910 (90.37%)
1.00
1.00
Statistically significant ( value < 0.05); unmarked = not significant.
