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Table 7 Factors associated with zinc deficiency among pregnant women attending antenatal care at the University of Gondar Hospital, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015

From: Prevalence of zinc deficiency and its association with dietary, serum albumin and intestinal parasitic infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care at the University of Gondar Hospital, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Predictors

Zinc deficiency

COR (95%CI)

AOR (95 % CI)

P- values

 

Yes

No

   

Residence

     

 Urban

148

133

1

1

 

 Rural

61

22

2.49(1.45 – 4.28)

1.92 (1.04, 3.56)

0.037

Source of drinking water

     

 Tab

178

146

1

  

 Well

9

3

2.46(0.65– 9.26)

  

 Spring

22

6

3.01 (1.19,7.61)

  

Birth interval(year)

     

 0

88

77

1

1

 

 <2

26

5

4.55 (1.67,12.43)

3.97 (1.30,12.13)

0. 016

 ≥2

95

73

1.14 (0.74,1.75)

0.98 (0.59, 1.61)

Sorghum consumption

     

 Yes

68

29

1

  

 No

141

126

0.48 (0.29,0.78)

  

Coffee intake

     

 No

68

71

1

  

 Yes

141

84

1.75 (1.14,2.69)

  

Animal source food

     

 Yes

48

76

1

1

 

 No

161

79

3.23 (2.06,5.06)

2.29 (1.35, 3.89)

0.002

Dietary diversity

     

 Adequate

53

81

1

1

 

 Inadequate

156

74

3.22(1.113,3.360)

2.09 (1.24,3.51)

0.005

Nutrition education

     

 Yes

85

92

1

  

 No

124

63

2.13 (1.40,3.25)

1.78(1.10, 2.86)

0.02

Diarrhea

     

 No

190

150

1

  

 Yes

19

5

3.00 (1.09,8.22)

  

Serum albumin(g/dl)

     

 ≥3.2

143

133

2.79(1.63,4.78)

1

0.002

 <3.2

66

22

 

2.55 (1.40,4.63)

Intestinal parasite

     

 Absent

130

129

1

1

 

 Present

79

26

3.02 (1.82,4.99)

2.60 (1.49,4.54)

0.001

  1. Residence, birth interval, animal source food, dietary diversity, nutrition education, serum albumin and intestinal parasite were significantly associated with zinc deficiency.