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Table 3 Factors associated with dietary practice among pregnant women in Haramaya district, eastern Ethiopia, 2021

From: Prevalence and determinants of dietary practices among pregnant women in eastern Ethiopia

Variables

Dietary Practice

CPR (95%CI)

APR (95%CI)

P-value

Appropriate

(n = 68)

Inappropriate

(n = 380)

Educational Level of Husband

 Illiterate

33 (48.53)

287 (75.53)

1

1

 

 Elementary School

26 (38)

76 (20.00)

2.47 (1.554, 3.929)

1.99 (1.214, 3.280)

0.006*

 High school and above

9 (13.24)

17 (4.47)

3.37 (1.806, 6.239)

1.92 (1.063, 3.460)

Occupational status of Women

 Housewives

61 (89.71)

372 (97.89)

1

1

 

 Merchants

7 (10.29)

8 (2.11)

3.31 (1.837, 5.973)

2.07 (1.071, 4.016)

0.030*

ANC visit

 No

17 (25.00)

147 (38.6)

1

1

 

 Yes

51 (75.00)

233 (61.32)

1.73 (1.035, 2.898)

1.36 (0.776,2.394)

0.281

Perceived Venerability

 No

18 (26.47

(67 (17.63)

1

1

 

 yes

50 (73.53)

313 (82.37)

1.54 (0.947, 2.496)

0.82 (0.469 1.428

0.481

Perceived severity

 No

47 (69.12)

313 (82.37)

1

1

 

 Yes

21 (30.88)

67 (17.63)

1.83 (1.155, 2.892)

1.31 (0.747 2.303)

0.346

Perceived Benefit

 No

39 (57.35)

288 (75.79)

1

1

 

 Yes

29 (42.65)

92 (24.21)

2.01 (1.302, 3.099)

1.39 (0.811, 2.412)

0.228

Chat chewing

 No

38 (55.88)

142 (37.37)

1

1

 

 Yes

30 (44.12)

238 (62.63)

0.53 (0.341, 0.824)

0.58 (0.370, 0.901)

0.016

Drinking water

 Protected

42 (61.76)

156 (41.05)

1

1

 

 Unprotected

26 (38.24)

224 (58.95)

0.49 (0.312,0.771)

0.61 (0.350, 1.048)

0.073

Food restriction

 No

53 (77.94)

246 (64.74)

   

 Yes

15 (22.06

134 (35.26)

0.57 (0.331, 0.974)

0.36 (0.200, 0.651)

0.001**

Food aversion (Strong disliked of foods)

 No

47 (69.12)

267 (70.26)

1

1

 

 yes

21 (30.88)

113 (29.74)

0.96 (0.594, 1.533)

0.99 (0.631, 1.554)

0.967

  1. Appropriate dietary practice: is defined as the consumption of at least four meals daily, high DDS, high FVS and high ASF; otherwise, Inappropriate dietary practice
  2. Drinking water sources: ‘Protected’ if tap/hand pump and not otherwise Elementary school: Grade 1–8
  3. CPR Crude Prevalence Ration, APR Adjusted Prevalence Ratio, CI Confidence Interval at 95%
  4. CPR: was obtained from bi-variate of Poisson regression analysis model with robust variance estimate
  5. APR, CI and P-Value were found from multivariable Poisson regression analysis model with robust variance estimate.
  6. ** statistically significant at p-value < 0.001, * statistically significant at p-value < 0.05