Nutritional Status and Its Determinants among Adult Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy Treatment at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia

Table 4

Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression of determinant factors for nutritional status among adult cancer patients under chemotherapy at HUCSH, Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia.

Variables	Category	Nutritional status		COR (95 CI)	AOR (95 CI)	value
		Undernutrition	Normal
Wealth index	Lowest	43	10	0.1 (0.02–0.16)	0.06 (0.02–0.2)	<0.001
	Second	52	52	0.2 (0.10–0.57)	0.3 (0.1–0.75)
	Middle	24	31	0.3 (0.12–0.8)	0.3 (0.09–0.99)
	Fourth	29	42	0.3 (0.14–0.87)	0.4 (0.15–1.29)
	Highest	8	33	1	1
Food security	Insecure	81	20	8.0 (4.553–14.030)	0.1 (0.05–0.24)	<0.001
	Secure	75	148	1	1
Appetite lose	Yes	132	79	0.3 (0.178–0.476)	0.2 (0.11–0.44)	<0.001
	No	124	89	1	1
Diarrhea	Yes	89	71	1	1	0.005
	No	67	97	1.8 (1.17–2.82)	2.6 (1.34–5.00)	0.01
WHO-PS	<2	65	32	0.3 (0.2–0.543)	0.4 (0.18–0.79)
	> 2	91	136	1	1

Significant level at , significant level at .