Magnitude of chronic energy deficiency and its associated factors among women of reproductive age in the Kunama population, Tigray, Ethiopia, in 2014

Table 5 Logistic regression of nutritional status (BMI) and predictors among women of reproductive age in Kunama population, Northwest Tigray, Ethiopia, February 2014

Predictors	Category	Nutritional status		Odds ratio (95 % CI)
Predictors	Category	Undernutrition	Normal	COR	AOR
Marital status	Married	65	89	1	1
Marital status	Living with no partner	71	59	1.648 (1.029–2.638)*	1.234 (0.584–2.604)
Ever used contraceptive	Yes	58	100	1	1
Ever used contraceptive	No	78	48	2.802 (1.727–4.544)*	1.923 (0.975–3.792)
Meal frequency	Twice per day	84	52	2.982 (1.839–4.835)*	2.002 (1.003–3.993)**
Meal frequency	3 times per day	52	96	1	1
Intake of animal source foods	Weekly	73	113	1	1
Intake of animal source foods	Never and monthly	63	35	2.786 (1.678–4.627)*	1.581 (0.791–3.150)
WDD	Adequate	41	81	1	1
WDD	Inadequate	95	67	2.901 (1.776–4.740)*	2.931 (1.536–5.592)**
HFI	Secured	70	109	1	1
HFI	Insecure	66	39	2.635 (1.603–4.331)*	2.158 (1.051–4.417)**
Hand washing agent	Soap	56	82	1	1
Hand washing agent	None	80	66	1.775 (1.108–2.842)*	1.313 (0.683–2.524)
Family size	<5	54	79	1	1
Family size	≥5	82	69	1.739 (1.085–2.786)*	1.293 (0.485–3.446)
Age at first marriage	<18	85	51	3.889 (2.242–6.746)*	2.761 (1.450–5.255)**
Age at first marriage	≥18	30	70	1	1
Gravidity	Gravid 1–2	32	51	1	1
	Gravid 3–4	33	35	1.503 (0.785–2.876)	1.917 (0.851–4.320)
	Gravid ≥5	40	32	1.992 (1.049–3.784)*	1.31 (0.567–3.026)
Time to fetch drinking water	<30 min	66	105	1	1
Time to fetch drinking water	≥30 min	70	43	2.590 (1.588–4.223)*	2.322 (1.220–4.416)**

COR crude odds ration, AOR adjusted odds ration, HFI household food insecurity, WDD women dietary diversity score
Reminder: **significant in both bivariate and multi variant; *p < 0.05 (2-tailed); stepwise (backward LR) was used in logistic regression. 1 = reference

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