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Table 2 Wasting by relevant characteristics of schoolchildren, Arba Minch town 2014

From: Intestinal helminth infections and dietary diversity score predict nutritional status of urban schoolchildren from southern Ethiopia

Variables

Total (%)

Wasted (%)

COR (95% CI)a

AOR (95% CI)b

Demographic and wealth factors

 Child sex

  Male

256 (50.1)

31 (12.1)

1.1 (0.6, 1.8)

 

  Female

255 (49.9)

29 (11.4)

1

 

 Child age (yrs)

  7–9

186 (36.4)

23 (12.4)

1

 

  10–14

325 (63.6)

37 (11.4)

0.9 (0.5,1.6)

 

 Child lives with both parents

  Yes

441 (86.3)

43 (9.8)

1

1

  No

70 (13.6)

17 (24.3)

3.0 (1.6, 5.6)*

2.0 (1.0, 4.1)**

 Maternal education

  No formal education

86 (17.9)

17 (19.8)

3.2 (1.6, 6.4)*

 

  Primary school

85 (17.7)

11 (12.9)

1.9 (0.9, 4.2)

 

  Secondary & above

309 (64.4)

22 (7.1)

1

 

 Wealth

  Low

192 (37.6)

43 (22.4)

24.4 (5.8, 102.4)*

8.9 (2.0, 39.2)**

  Medium

148 (29.0)

15 (10.1)

9.5 (2.1, 42.4)*

5.2 (1.1, 23.9)**

  High

171 (33.4)

2 (1.2)

1

1

 Household size

    ≤ 4

180 (35.0)

6 (3.3)

1

 

    ≥ 5

331 (65.0)

54 (16.3)

5.7 (2.4, 13.4)**

 

Nutritional factors

 Household food-security

  Food-secure

175 (34.2)

13 (7.4)

1

 

  Food-insecure

336 (65.8)

47 (14.0)

2.0 (1.1, 3.9)*

 

 Child DDSc

  Low (≤ 4)

281 (55.0)

48 (17.1)

3.7 (1.9, 7.2)**

 

  High (>4)

230 (45.0)

12 (5.2)

1

 

Health related factors

 Illness during the last 2 weeks

  Yes

169 (33.1)

48 (28.4)

10.9 (5.6, 21.2)**

6.3 (3.1, 12.6)*

  No

342 (66.9)

12 (3.5)

1

1

  A.lumbricoides

  Yes

107 (21.0)

17 (15.9)

1.6 (0.9, 2.9)

 

  No

404 (79.0)

43 (10.6)

1

 

 Hookworm

  Yes

75 (15.0)

17 (22.7)

2.7 (1.4, 5.0)*

 

  No

436 (85.0)

43 (9.9)

1

 

  T.trichuria

  Yes

54 (10.6)

11 (20.4)

2.1 (1.0, 4.4)**

 

  No

457 (89.4)

49 (10.7)

1

 

  G.lamblia

  Yes

42 (8.0)

20 (47.6)

9.7 (4.9, 19.4)**

 

  No

469 (92.0)

40 (8.5)

1

 

  E.histolytica

  Yes

23 (4.5)

14 (60.9)

14.9 (6.1, 36.4)**

 

  No

488 (95.5)

46 (9.4)

1

 
  1. aCOR: Crude odds ratio
  2. bAOR: Adjusted odds ratio, odds ratios adjusted for child not living with both parents, poor household wealth and illness during the past 2 weeks
  3. cChild Dietary Diversity Score based on single 24 H recall; low: 4 or less food groups consumed; high: at least 5 food groups were consumed
  4. *Significant at P-value <0.05, **Significant at P-value <0.01