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Table 4 Specific food item factors to thinness among Urban school-attending adolescents in Addis Ababa ,2019 Ethiopia, (n = 1200)

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

Specific food item frequency of consumption by adolescents

Thinness

Crude IRR

(95% CI)

Adjusted IRR

(95% CI)

Normal

Thin

Gender

  Female

501

68

1

1

  Male

446

84

1.387 (0.98, 1.957)

1.45 (1.06,1.99) **

Grade

  Garde 5

250

32

1

1

  Grade 6

228

47

1.61 (0.993,2.612)

1.80 (1.03, 3.15) **

  Garde 7

243

30

0.965 (0.569,1.636)

1.09 (0.70,1.69)

  Grade 8

226

43

1.486 (0.909,2.43)

1.56 (0.94,2.61)

Fathers’/male guardian educational status

  No schooling

178

27

1

1

  Primary

336

63

1.236 (0.76,2.01)

1.19 (0.73,1.97)

  Secondary

206

26

0.832 (0.468,1.478)

0.76 (0.42,1.38)

  Technical and University

48

11

1.511 (0.6993.263)

1.49 (0.738,3.03)

Deep orange vegetables

  Never or 1/wk

675

102

1

1

  2–4/wk

261

46

1.16 (0.91,1.49)

1.05 (0.72,1.52)

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

11

4

2.41 (0.79,7.36)

1.81 (0.63,5.18)

Deep orange tubers

  Never or 1/wk

899

139

1

1

  2–4/wk

44

9

1.32 (0.53,3.31)

1.14 (0.38,3.43)

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

4

4

6.46 (1.57,26.55)

6.05 (0.52,70.78)

Citrus fruits

  Never or 1/wk

740

131

1

1

  2–4/wk

189

17

0.51 (0.29,0.87)

0.52 (0.26,0.99)**

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

18

4

1.25 (0.60,2.61)

1.63 (0.64,4.16)

Low fat dairy

  Never or 1/wk

752

107

1

1

  2–4/wk

158

35

1.56 (1.08,2.24)

1.66 (1.07,2.58)**

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

37

10

1.89 (0.91,3.97)

1.85 (0.76,4.49)

Egg

  Never or 1/wk

757

120

1

1

  2–4/wk

181

28

0.97 (0.67,1.42)

0.84 (0.48,1.48)

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

9

4

2.80 (1.14,6.91)

2.25 (0.65,7.71)

White roots and tubers

  Never or 1/wk

22

10

1

1

  2–4/wk

347

68

0.43 (0.20,0.91)

0.44 (0.15,1.30)

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

578

74

0.28 (0.13,0.59)

0.28 (0.09,0.83)**

Refined grains and baked goods

  Never or 1/wk

563

103

1

1

  2–4/wk

294

34

0.63 (0.41,0.97)

0.69 (0.45,1.05)

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

90

15

0.91 (0.44,1.86)

0.98 (0.44,2.18)

High fat dairy

  Never or 1/wk

743

107

1

1

  2–4/wk

172

37

1.49 (1.03,2.16)

0.99 (0.61,1.63)

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

32

8

1.74 (0.65,4.62)

1.09 (0.34,3.55)

Fried foods eaten away from home

  Never or 1/wk

35

3

1

1

  2–4/wk

242

29

1.39 (0.41,4.73)

0.95 (0.27,3.33)

  5–7/wk or > 1/day

670

120

2.09 (0.68,6.43)

1.79 (0.56,5.72)

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