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

BMC Nutrition

Table 5 Estimated predictors of Stunting among 25–72- month old Children

	Model A	Model B	Model C	Model D	Model E	Model F	Model G
	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)
Fixed Effects Estimates
Gender
Male	2.36^* (1.03,5.38)					2.5^* (1.05, 5.9)	2.47^* (1.04,5.86)
Female (Ref)						1.00	1.00
BMI	1.22^* (1.04, 1.42)		1.25^**(1.07, 1.47)	1.25^**(1.07, 1.47)	1.26^** (1.07, 1.48)	1.26^** (1.06, 1.49)	1.26^** (1.06, 1.5)
Age	0.98 (0.96, 1.01)					0.99 (0.96, 1.01)	0.99 (0.96, 1.01)
Breastfeeding duration (months)	1.05^* (1.00, 1.10)		1.06^* (1.00, 1.10)	1.05^* (1.00, 1.11)	1.05^* (1.00, 1.11)	1.04 (0.99, 1.10)	1.04 (0.99, 1.1)
Mother’s height (centimeters)	0.87^*** (0.81, 0.94)		0.87 ^*** (0.81, 0.94)	0.86 ^*** (0.80, 0.94)	0.87^*** (0.81,0.94)	0.87^***(0.81,0.94)	0.86^***(0.79,0.93)
Anemia
Positive				2.28(0.79, 6.61)	2.39 (0.82, 6.94)	2.19 (0.75, 6.39)	2.30 (0.79, 6.72)
Negative(Ref)				1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Residence level variables
Mean Socioeconomic score					2.06 (0.70, 6.1)		2.13 (0.67, 6.7)
Error Variance
Residence Level Intercept (SE)		0.47 (0.51)	0.54 (0.57)	0.50 (0.53)	0.45 (0.50)	0.54 (0.56)	0.39 (0.48)
Model goodness of fit
-2logL	202.571	235.75	204.69	202.59	199.97	197.34	194.79
AIC	214.571	239.75	214.69	214.59	213.97	213.34	212.79
ICC		0.12	0.14	0.13	0.12	0.11	0.13

Abbreviations: SE Standard Error, ICC Intraclass Correlation Coefficient, Ref Reference Category, OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval
Model A: Multivariable logistic regression Model adjusted for age and gender
Model B: Unconditional model with random intercept
Model C: Multilevel logistic regression model
Model D: Model C + anemia
Model E: Model D + residence level mean socioeconomic score variable
Model F: Model D + adjusted for gender and age
Model G: Model E + adjusted for gender and age
^* P < 0.05 ^** P < 0.01 ^*** P < 0.001

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