Table 7 Bivariable and Multivariable result of factor associated with thinness among school adolescent girls in Abuna Gindeberet district, Central Ethiopia, 2021

Water source

Unimproved

32

150

1.46(0.90, 2.37)

0.97(0.42, 2.21)

0.933

Improved

51

350

1

1

Home gardening

Yes

32

241

1

1

No

51

259

1.48(0.92, 2.39)

0.84(0.37,1.87)

0.664

Washing hand after toilet

No

43

179

1.93(1.21,3.08*

0.69 (0.28,1.73)

0.433

Yes

40

321

1

1

Attending mass media

No

44

155

2.51(1.57,4.02*

1.59(0.63,4.02)

0.331

Yes

39

345

1

1

Information on adolescent nutrition

Yes

26

209

0.64(0.39, 1.04)

1.24(0.53,2.87)

0.621

No

57

291

1

1

Meal pattern

Monotonies

28

36

9.44(4.53,19.7*

1.78 (0.41,7.69)

0.443

Sometimes different

41

294

1.69(0.9, 3.2)

1.01(0.38,2.69)

0.983

Always different

14

170

1

1

Frequency of eating vegetable and Fruits

Never

24

86

2.87(1.41,5.85*

2.07 (0.72,5.97)

0.178

1–2 times/week

45

270

1.71(0.91, 3.23)

0.78(0.28,2.19)

0.642

 ≥ 3times/week

14

144

1

1

Frequency of eating dairy Product

Never

28

123

2.08(1.12,3.86*

1.56 (0.54,4.52)

0.415

1–2 times/week

35

194

1.65(0.92, 2.96)

1.79(0.66,4.83)

0.253

 ≥ 3times/week

20

183

1

1

Frequency of eating oil and fat

Never

148

24

1.89 (0.89, 4)

0.97 (0.28,3.33)

0.960

1-2times/week

224

48

2.49(1.25,4.97)*

1.98(0.66,5.96)

0.227

 ≥ 3times/week

128

11

1

1

Vigorous intensity Activity

Yes

40

182

1.63(1.02,2.59)*

2.51(1.14,5.54)

0.022

No

43

318

1

1

PMS

Yes

28

168

2.18(1.13,4.21)*

1.69 (0.74,3.85)

0.213

No

15

197

1

1

Meal per day

 < 3

53

238

1.95(1.20,3.15)*

1.2(0.50,2.84)

0.684

 ≥ 3

30

262

1

1

Age

10–14 years

59

248

2.5(1.51, 4.14)*

3.77(1.06,13.37)

0.040

15-19 years

24

252

1

1

Grade level

4–8 grades

64

325

1.81(1.05,3.13)*

0.43(0.13,1.50)

0.187

9–12 grades

19

175

1

1

DDS

˂ 4

32

48

5.91(3.47,10)*

4.05(1.43,11.46)

0.008

 ≥ 4

51

452

1

1