Table 6 Bi-variate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with wasting
Variables | Categories | Wasting | COR(95% CI) | AOR(95% CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |||||
Household food insecurity | Mild food insecure | 38(26.8) | 70(28.2) | 0.36(0.16–0.79) | 0.49(0.20–1.15) | |
Moderate food insecure | 37(26.9) | 88(35.5) | 0.28(0.12–0.61) | 0.35(0.15–0.82)a | 0.03 | |
Food secure | 46(32.4) | 76(30.7) | 0.40(0.18–0.87) | 0.66(0.27–1.52) | ||
Highly insecure | 21(14.8) | 14(5.7) | 1 | 1 | ||
Time of complementary feeding initiated | < 6 months | 15(10.6) | 19(7.7) | 1 | 1 | |
at 6 months | 104(73.3) | 200(80.7) | 0.65(0.32–1.34) | 0.90(0.40–2.04) | ||
> 6 months | 23(16.2) | 29(11.7) | 1(0.42–2.39) | 1.35(0.68–2.66) | ||
Duration of breast milk fed | < 2 year | 101(71.1) | 172(69.4) | 1 | 1 | |
> 2 years | 41(28.9) | 76(30.7) | 0.91(0.09–1.12) | 0.45(0.21–0.96)a | 0.017 | |
General health checkup | Yes | 26(18.3) | 55(22.2) | 1 | 1 | |
No | 116(81.7) | 193(77.8) | 1.27(0.75–2.13) | 1.26(0.68–2.34) | ||
ANC follow up | Yes | 100(70.4) | 204(82.3) | |||
No | 42(29.6) | 44(17.7) | 1.94(1.19–3.16) | 1.18(0.63–2.21) | ||
Recurrent illness | No | 136(95.8) | 246(99.2) | 0.18(0.03–0.92) | 0.15(0.26–0.84)a | 0.02 |
Yes | 6(4.2) | 2(0.8) | 1 | 1 | ||
Family planning | Yes | 109(76.7) | 219(88.3) | 1 | 1 | |
No | 33(23.2) | 29(11.7) | 2.28(1.32–3.95) | 1.72(0.88–3.35) | ||
Water treatment Practice | Yes | 72(50.7) | 143(57.7) | 1 | 1 | |
No | 70(49.3) | 185(42.3) | 1.32(0.87–2) | 1.26(0.77–2.07) | ||
Waste disposal | Open area | 54(38.0) | 92(37.1) | 1 | 1 | |
Inside hole | 33(23.2) | 80(32.3) | 0.70(0.41–1.18) | 0.73(0.41–1.30) | ||
As fertilizer | 18(12.7) | 24(9.7) | 1.27(0.63–2.56) | 1.19(0.54–2.63) | ||
Burning | 37(26.1) | 52(21.0) | 1.21(0.70–2.07) | 1.14(0.62–2.09) | ||