Prevalence and Determinants of Undernutrition among 6- to 59-Months-Old Children in Lowland and Highland Areas in Kilosa District, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Determinants of underweight in children: crude and adjusted OR.

Variable	Underweight			Crude OR (CI)	Adjusted OR (CI)
	N	n	%
Location
Lowland	200	23	11.5	1	—
Highland	141	31	22	2.17 (1.20–3.91)	4.21 (1.62–10.91)
Marital status
Single	61	9	14.8	1	—
Married	280	45	16.1	1.11 (0.51–2.40)	2.48 (0.60–10.21)
Sex of the child
Male	174	30	17.2	1.24 (0.69–2.23)	1.56 (0.67–3.65)
Female	167	24	14.4	1	—
Child age
6–23 months	114	13	11.4	1	—
25–35 months	102	14	13.7	1.24 (0.55–2.77)	1.99 (0.54–7.41)
36–59 months	125	27	21.6	2.14 (1.04–4.39)	5.85 (1.81–18.97)
Birth weight
<2.5	38	12	31.6	2.95 (1.37–6.34)	4.98 (1.65–15.05)
≥2.5	281	38	13.5	1	—

Significant at ; significant at . N = total number of respondents, n = number of underweight children, % is presented as a column.