Prevalence and Associated Factors of Thinness among Adolescent Students in Finote Selam Town, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 3
Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression of factors associated with thinness among adolescent school students, Finote Selam Town, Ethiopia, 2018.
Variables
Thinness
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Yes
No
Age Group
Early adolescent (10–13)
17 (36.2%)
30 (63.8%)
5.14 (2.39, 11.08)
4.81 (1.23, 18.51)
Midadolescent (14–16)
24 (15.9%)
127 (84.1%)
1.90 (0.99, 3.64)
1.68 (0.57, 4.93)
Late adolescent (17–19)
18 (9.0%)
181 (91.0%)
1
1
Sex
Female
4 (2.7%)
144 (97.3%)
1
1
Male
55 (22.1%)
194 (77.9%)
2.68 (1.88, 3.84)
2.13 (1.60, 3.40)
Grade
Grade 5–6
23 (21.3%)
85 (78.7%)
2.57 (0.91, 7.24)
1.77 (0.40, 7.87)
Grade 7–8
22 (16.7%)
110 (83.3%)
2.08 (0.74, 5.86)
1.33 (0.22, 8.19)
Grade 9–10
10 (8.6%)
106 (91.4%)
1.01 (0.32, 3.15)
1.06 (0.20, 5.58)
Grade 11–12
4 (9.8%)
37 (90.2%)
1
1
Religion
Muslim
1 (4.5%)
21 (95.5%)
1
1
Orthodox
58 (15.5%)
317 (84.5%)
3.82 (0.50, 29.18)
3.90 (0.19, 81.94)
Place of residence
Urban
18 (9.2%)
177 (90.8%)
1
1
Rural
41 (20.3%)
161 (79.7%)
2.44 (1.35, 4.40)
2.16 (0.96, 4.87)
Father’s education
Illiterate
15 (15.8%)
80 (84.2%)
2.79 (0.92, 8.45)
4.06 (0.23, 71.76)
Read and write
17 (16.8%)
84 (83.2%)
1.97 (0.71, 5.43)
2.73 (0.31, 24, 29)
Primary school (1–8)
10 (24.4%)
31 (75.6%)
1.96 (0.73, 5.32)
2.36 (0.26, 21.41)
Secondary school (9–12)
11 (12.0%)
81 (88.0%)
1.44 (0.51, 4.10)
0.80 (0.5, 12.90)
College and above
6 (8.8%)
62 (91.2%)
1
1
Mother’s education
Illiterate
17 (16.7%)
85 (83.3%)
2.38 (0.77, 7.39)
1.78 (0.86, 3.65)
Read and write
16 (14.7%)
93 (85.3%)
1.86 (0.68, 5.07)
1.40 (0.83, 2.34)
Primary school (1–8)
9 (26.5%)
25 (73.5%)
1.50 (0.55, 4.09)
1.29 (0.61, 2.71)
Secondary school (9–12)
11 (12.4%)
78 (87.6%)
1.33 (0.47, 3.81)
1.15 (0.66, 1.97)
College and above
6 (9.5%)
57 (90.5%)
1
1
Father’s occupation
Daily laborer
8 (14.0%)
49 (86.0%)
1.20 (0.47, 3.07)
1.1 (0.55, 21)
Farmer
26 (21.8%)
93 (78.2%)
2.27 (1.12, 4.61)
1.55 (0.45, 5.29)
Merchant
11 (12.9%)
74 (87.1%)
1.18 (0.50, 2.75%)
1.52 (0.55, 4.26)
Government/nongovernment employee
14 (10.3%)
122 (89.7%)
1
1
Mother’s occupation
Daily laborer
1 (20.0%)
4 (80.0%)
1.86 (0.19, 18.55)
2.10 (0.11, 38.74)
Farmer
21 (24.4%)
65 (75.6%)
2.74 (1.16, 6.46)
2.16 (0.62, 7.51)
Housewife
15 (12.6%)
104 (87.4%)
1.33 (0.55, 3.23)
2.46 (0.58, 10.47)
Merchant
13 (12.1%)
94 (87.9%)
1.24 (0.51, 3.04)
1.52 (0.43, 5.36)
Government/nongovernment employee
9 (11.2%)
71 (88.8%)
1
1
Family size
<5
17 (9.8%)
156 (90.2%)
1
1
≥5
42 (18.8%)
182 (81.2%)
2.43 (1.32, 4.45)
1.90 (0.80, 4.51)
Family monthly income
<1000
29 (37.7%)
48 (62.3%)
6.10 (3.09, 12.04)
11.54 (3.82, 34.89)
1000–2000
14 (13.1%)
93 (86.9%)
1.71 (0.80, 3.64)
3.47 (1.15, 10.45)
>2000
16 (7.5%)
197 (92.5%)
1
1
Source of drinking water
Well water
39 (21.3%)
144 (78.7%)
4.53 (1.71, 11.98)
3.82 (1.46, 10. 04)
Spring water
13 (12.3%)
93 (87.7%)
3.37 (0.88, 12.89)
2.56 (0.87, 7.56)
Public tap water
2 (7.7%)
24 (92.3%)
1.88 (0.23, 15.49)
1.46 (0.26, 8.09)
Tap water
5 (6.1%)
77 (93.9%)
1
1
Presence of functional latrine
Yes
38 (14.8%)
219 (85.2%)
1
1
No
21 (15.0%)
119 (85.5%)
1.08 (0.49, 2.38)
1.05 (0.59, 1.87)
Number of meals eaten per day
Two times
19 (16.0%)
100 (84.0%)
1.17 (0.64, 2.13)
1.01 (0.53, 1.91)
Three times and above
40 (14.4%)
238 (85.6%)
1
1
Illness reported in the last one month
Yes
19 (14.5%)
112 (85.5%)
1.06 (0.57, 1.96)
1.03 (0.57, 1.87)
No
40 (15.0%)
226 (85.0%)
1
1
Availability of home garden
Yes
50 (17.4%)
238 (82.6%)
1
1
No
9 (8.3%)
100 (91.7%)
1.60 (1.01, 2.54)
1.15 (0.66, 1.99)
Eating vegetables at least once per day
Yes
23 (12.6%)
160 (87.4%)
1
1
No
36 (16.8%)
178 (83.2%)
1.35 (0.76, 2.60)
1.30 (0.72, 2.36)
Eating fruits at least once per day
Yes
26 (12.7%)
178 (87.3%)
1
1
No
33 (17.1%)
160 (82.9%)
1.33 (0.76, 2.31)
1.23 (0.69, 2.18)
Eating farm animal products at least once per week
