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Table 3 Factors to stunting, Urban school-attending adolescents in Addis Ababa, 2019 Ethiopia

From: Stunting and thinness in school-attending adolescents in Addis Ababa

Characteristic

Stunting Status

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

Not stunted

Stunted

Gender

  Female

620

37

1

1

  Male

482

61

1.99 (1.437,2.768) ***

1.95 (1.11,3.39) **

Grade

    

  Garde 5

280

20

1

1

  Grade 6

273

27

1.38 (0.817,2.231)

0.72 (0.30,1.71)

  Garde 7

276

24

1.2 (0.70,2.057)

0.49 (0.18,1.32)

  Grade 8

273

27

1.38 (0.814,2.239)

0.33 (0.11,0.98) **

Age of Adolescents

  10 years

50

1

1

1

  11 Years

150

10

3.187 (0.507,20.039)

2.76 (0.32,23.82)

  12 Years

223

17

3.612 (0.516,25.287)

4.74 (0.56,40.22)

  13 Years

282

13

2.247 (0.283,17.879)

3.58 (0.39,33.03)

  14 Years

234

36

6.799 (1.094,42.259)

16.19 (1.74,150.82)

Mother/female guardian occupation

  Private

373

34

1

1

  Government worker

208

30

1.509 (0.824,2.762)

1.45 (0.73,2.87)

  Unemployment

45

1

0.260 (0.038,1.764)

0.39 (0.05,3.18)

  Homemaker

368

23

0.704 (0.448,1.106)

0.64 (0.33,1.25)

Fathers’/male guardian educational status

  No schooling

203

22

1

1

  Primary

395

35

0.832 (0.571,1.212)

1.32 (0.63,2.77)

  Secondary

234

17

0.693 (0.368,1.304)

0.93 (0.40,2.15)

  Technical and University

63

4

0.611 (0.267,1.394)

1.16 (0.32,4.17)

Cruciferous vegetables

  Never or 1/wk

923

88

1

1

  2–4/wk

175

9

0.562 (0.304,1.037)

0.62 (0.27,1.44)

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

4

1

2.297 (0.0558,9.459)

2.09 (0.34,13.07)

Other fruits

  Never or 1/wk

828

82

1

1

  2–4/wk

257

14

0.573 (0.331,0.991)

0.58 (0.27,1.24)

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

17

2

1.168 (0.288,4.738)

1.19 (0.26,5.51)

Legumes

  Never or 1/wk

171

10

1

1

  2–4/wk

392

33

1.405 (0.777,2.543)

1.34 (0.56,3.23)

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

539

55

1.676 (0.880,3.191)

1.72 (0.74,3.99)

Liquid oils

  Never or 1/wk

125

5

1

1

  2–4/wk

30

1

0.839 (0.122,5.748)

0.98 (0.09,9.82)

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

947

92

2.302 (0.9147,5.795)

2.21 (0.74,6.59)

Sweets and ice cream

  Never or 1/wk

79

2

1

1

  2–4/wk

321

27

3.142 (0.700,14.096)

1.19 (0.25,5.64)

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

702

69

3.624 (0.898,14.615)

1.83 (0.41,8.11)

  1. NB: ***= p < .001, **= p < .01, *= p < .05