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Table 6 Determinants of stunting

From: Determinant of under nutrition among under five children in Ambo town during covid 19 pandemic in 2020. A community-based cross-sectional study

Variables

Categorical

Stunting

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

P-value

No

Yes

Number of under five children in HH

1

244 (82.7%)

51 (17.3%)

1

1

 

>= 2

50 (73.5%)

18 (26.5%)

2.499 (1.058, 5.905)

1.915 (0.980, 3.742)

0.057

Milk and milk product

Yes

195 (85.2)

34 (14.8)

1

1

 

no

99 (73.9)

35 (26.1)

2.065 (0.938, 4.544)

2.029(1.070, 30,529)

0.018

Maternal food security level

food secured

100 (88.5)

13 (11.5)

1

1

 

Moderate food insecurity

75 (79.8)

19 (20.2)

2.142 (0.807, 5.683)

1.811 (0.804, 4.079)

0.152

Sever food insecurity

119 (76.3)

37 (20.2)

3.138 (1.27, 8.738)

2.481 (1.198, 5.136)

0.014

Having sheep

Yes

  

1

1

 

No

  

8.601 (0.850, 87.059)

6.127 (0.794, 47.293)

0.082

Birth weight (g)

2500– 4200

219 (84.6)

40 (15.4)

1

1

 

< 2500

18 (60.0)

12 (40.0)

2.799 (0.996, 7.864)

3.185 (1.349, 7.518)

0.008

not weighted

57 (77.0)

17 (23.0)

1.717 (0.708, 4.165)

1.384 (0.691, 2.773)

0.369