Table 6.

Predictors of wasting among children less than 24 months old in Mtwara region, Tanzania.

Outcome Measure	Underweight (n = 148)		Underweight (n = 148)		Weight for Age Z-Score (n = 148)		Weight for Age Z-Score (n = 148)
	Univariate		Multivariate		Univariate		Multivariate
Independent Variable	Odds Ratio (Confidence Interval)	p	Odds Ratio (Confidence Interval)	p	Beta (Confidence Interval)	p	Beta (Confidence Interval)	p
Age	1.05 (0.90, 1.22)	0.56	1.05 (0.89, 1.23)	0.58	−0.06 (−0.09, −0.03)	0.001	−0.06 (−0.10, −0.03)	0.001
Sex	6.9 (0.81, 58.8)	0.08	8.1 (0.92, 71.4)	0.06	−0.16 (−0.50, 0.19)	0.37	−0.20 (−0.55, 0.15)	0.26
Child Dietary Diversity	0.73 (0.30, 1.78)	0.45	0.66 (0.25, 1.77)	0.41	0.06 (−0.13, 0.25)	0.54	0.03 (−0.16, 0.22)	0.76
Wealth score	1.12 (0.69, 1.82)	0.63	1.18 (0.71, 1.97)	0.53	−0.07 (−0.17, 0.02)	0.15	−0.05 (−0.15, 0.04)	0.27
AFB1 concentration	1.00 (0.99, 1.00)	0.38	0.99 (0.98, 1.01)	0.36	−0.0001 (−0.001, 0.0005)	0.69	−0.0001 (−0.001, 0.0004)	0.63

Odds ratios, confidence intervals, and p values were obtained via logistic regression models with the binary indicator underweight while beta values and confidence intervals were obtained via linear regression for the continuous outcome weight for height z score. In the univariate model predictors age, gender, dietary diversity score, and wealth score were tested as independent predictor variables and included as confounders in the multivariate model.