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Table 3 Both bivariate and multivariate result of factors affecting body mass index-for-age of adolescent girls, Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia, 2013

From: Predictors of nutritional status of Ethiopian adolescent girls: a community based cross sectional study

 

Low body mass index -for -age

OR(95 % CI)

Variable

Yes

No

Crude OR(95 % CI)

Adjusted OR(95 % CI)

Age

    

 10 to 14

118

381

7.08(3.99, 12.56)

5.83 (3.26, 10.44)

 15 to 17

38

381

2.28(1.21, 4.28)

2.06 (1.09, 3.89)

 18 to 19

14

320

1

1

DDS

    

Low

53

134

3.48(2.30,5.27)

2.48(1.60, 3.84)

Medium

57

420

1.19(0.81, 1.75)

0.96 (0.64, 1.44)

High

60

528

1

1

Community based nutrition service utilization

    

Yes

65

595

0.51(0.36, 0.71)

0.67(0.47,0.95)

No

105

487

1

1