Table 3.
Risk factors for urinary iodine, serum vitamin (OH)D, iron and vitamin A deficiencies among the adolescent girls.
| Categories | Urinary iodine deficiencya | Vitamin (OH)D insufficiencya | Iron deficiencya | Vitamin- A deficiencya | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR (95% CI) | P-value | AOR (95% CI) | P-value | AOR (95% CI) | P-value | AOR (95% CI) | P-value | |
| Seasonality | ||||||||
| Dry | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Wet | 0.69 (0.37, 1.31) | 0.261 | 3.03 (1.71, 5.37) | < 0.001 | 3.78 (1.01, 14.10) | 0.048 | 0.37 (0.14, 0.94) | 0.038 |
| Salinity area | ||||||||
| HS | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||
| MS | 1.93 (0.59, 6.31) | 0.277 | 0.26 (0.06, 1.13) | 0.073 | 0.59 (0.12, 2.86) | 0.516 | 0.89 (0.24, 3.30) | 0.865 |
| LS | 5.15 (1.73, 15.35) | 0.003 | 2.59 (0.74, 9.05) | 0.136 | 0.61 (0.11, 3.23) | 0.559 | 0.33 (0.05, 2.13) | 0.244 |
| FW | 0.37 (0.09, 1.58) | 0.178 | 11.51 (3.40, 38.93) | < 0.001 | 0.74 (0.17, 3.24) | 0.691 | 1.67 (0.48, 5.79) | 0.413 |
| PP | 1.25 (0.40, 3.87) | 0.700 | 5.72 (1.85, 17.67) | 0.002 | 0.24 (0.04, 1.45) | 0.122 | 0.71 (0.15, 3.26) | 0.656 |
AOR adjusted odds ratio, pp percentage point, CI Confidence Interval, Ref. Reference.
aAdjusted for each other and other variables (age, BMI, dietary diversity score, and wealth quintiles). Adjusted odds ratios were estimated using mixed effect logistic regression where independent variables were the seasonality and agro-aquatic region.