Prevalence and determinants of stunting in a conflict-ridden border region in Armenia - a cross-sectional study

BMC Nutrition

Table 4 Estimated predictors of Stunting among 6–24- month old Children

	Model A	Model B	Model C	Model D	Model E
	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)
Effects Estimates
Gender
Male		0.82 (0.28, 2.42)	0.81 (0.27, 2.4)	0.80 (0.39, 2.95)	0.82 (0.28, 2.41)
Female (Ref)		1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Age		1.25 ^** (1.11, 1.41)	1.25^***(1.10, 1.41)	1.25^*** (1.10, 1.41)	1.24^*** (1.10, 1.40)
BMI	1.30^* (1.05, 1.63)	1.55^*** (1.2, 2.01)	1.55^***(1.20, 2.01)
Birthweight, Kilograms	0.40 (0.16, 1.03)	0.24^** (0.08, 0.71)	0.26^* (0.08, 0.80)	0.20^** (0.06, 0.62)	0.24^** (0.08, 0.70)
Child’s history of diarrhea
Yes	3.85^* (1.27, 11.69)	2.83 (0.83, 9.66)	2.88 (0.84, 9.86)	2.56 (0.73, 8.92)	2.93 (0.85, 10.07)
No (Ref)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Minimum Dietary Diversity
Positive	0.58 (0.22, 1.55)	0.28^* (0.09, 0.87)	0.29^* (0.09, 0.91)	0.27^* (0.09, 0.88)	0.28 ^* (0.09, 0.87)
Negative (Ref)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Standardized socioeconomic status score			0.87 (0.50, 1.51)
Anemia
Positive				0.34 (0.10, 1.12)
Negative(Ref)				1.00
Soil-transmitted helminth confirmed by Kato Katz method, n (%)
Positive					1.36 (0.34, 5.45)
Negative (Ref)					1.00
Model goodness of fit
-2logL	111.801	95.708	95.391	92.274	95.524
AIC	121.801	109.708	111.391	108.274	111.524
Hosmer Lemeshow test	0.84	0.79	0.81	0.43	0.53

Abbreviations: Ref Reference Category, OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval
Model A: Multivariable logistic regression Model adjusted for age and gender; Model B: Model A adjusted for age and gender; Model C: Model B + standardized socio-economic score; Model D: Model B + anemia; Model E: Model B + Soil-transmitted helminth in stool confirmed by Kato Katz
^* P < 0.05 ^** P < 0.01 ^*** P < 0.001

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