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. 2024 Jan 23;27(1):e29. doi: 10.1017/S1368980023002951

Table 4.

Adjusted prevalence ratios of risk factors associated with stunting

2003 (n 583) 2006 (n 2760) 2008 (n 2314) 2011 (n 1861) 2014 (n 2354) 2017 (n 2644)
Risk factors PR 95 CI % PR 95 CI % PR 95 CI % PR 95 CI % PR 95 CI % PR 95 CI %
Dichotomised age
  Under 2 years 1 1 1 1 1 1
  Above 2 years 1·41 1·23, 1·62*** 3·00 1·92, 4·68*** 1·68 1·44, 1·96*** 2·54 1·74, 3·70*** 1·71 1·37, 2·15*** 2·13 1·60, 2·83***
Gender
  Male 1·23 1·09, 1·39** 1·27 0·90, 1·79 1·09 0·94, 1·26 1·31 0·99, 1·72 1·26 1·07, 1·47** 1·20 0·92, 1·56
  Female 1 1 1 1 1 1
Maternal age (years)
  15–19 1·27 0·90, 1·78 1·05 0·39, 2·84 1·23 0·87, 1·73 1·15 0·69, 1·91 1·97 1·35, 2·86*** 0·51 0·28, 0·94*
  20–34 1 1 1 1 1 1
  35–49 1·03 0·90, 1·18 0·94 0·62, 1·43 0·85 0·72, 1·02 0·72 0·51, 1·01 1·02 0·83, 1·25 0·82 0·58, 1·15
Maternal education
  No education 1·28 1·08, 1·51** 1·52 0·89, 2·59 0·97 0·80, 1·18 1·39 0·93, 2·10 1·60 1·20, 2·13** 0·91 0·63, 1·31
  Primary 0·87 0·70, 1·08 0·90 0·52, 1·55 1·12 0·91, 1·37 1·20 0·80, 1·78 1·29 0·98, 1·72 0·93 0·68, 1·29
  Secondary/higher 1 1 1 1 1 1
Household wealth
  Poor 1·45 1·16, 1·82** 2·94 1·62, 5·34*** 1·68 1·27, 2·21*** 2·05 1·25, 3·35** 1·85 1·19, 2·88** 1·62 1·08, 2·43*
  Middle 1·37 1·08, 1·75** 1·77 0·99, 3·18 1·42 1·09, 1·86* 1·89 1·20, 2·96** 1·44 0·97, 2·14 1·54 1·06, 2·24*
  Rich 1 1 1 1 1 1
Place of residence
  Rural 1·14 0·92, 1·41 1·02 0·66, 1·58 1·14 0·86, 1·51 0·97 0·67, 1·40 1·00 0·73, 1·36 1·08 0·75, 1·55
  Urban 1 1 1 1 1 1
Low birth weight
  Yes 1·58 1·06, 2·37* 1·61 1·04, 2·50* 1·06 0·74, 1·51 1·81 1·23, 2·69** 2·29 1·70, 3·07*** 2·17 1·60, 2·95***
  No 1 1 1 1 1 1
Place of delivery
  Home or others 1·23 1·04, 1·46* 1·03 0·72, 1·46 1·04 0·86, 1·25 1·26 0·70, 2·27 1·24 1·04, 1·49* 1·49 0·77, 2·86
  Health facility 1 1 1 1 1 1
Iodised salt
  No 1·05 0·91, 1·21 0·82 0·57, 1·19 1·04 0·77, 1·42 1·08 0·86, 1·36 0·96 0·70, 1·31
  Yes 1 1 1 1 1
Model fitness details
  Adjusted Wald test F(12, 372) = 14·27
Prob > F= < 0·001
F(12, 172) = 8·69
Prob > F = < 0·001
F(11, 374) = 8·93
Prob > F= < 0·001
F(12, 523) = 8·23
Prob > F = < 0·001
F(12, 384) = 10·78
Prob > F= < 0·001
F(12, 578) = 8·33
Prob > F = < 0·001
  Pearson goodness-of-fit Pearson goodness-of-fit = 1944·19
Prob > chi2(2912) = 1·00
Pearson goodness-of-fit = 475·18
Prob > chi2(516) = 0·90
Pearson goodness-of-fit = 1679·76
Prob > chi2(2352) = 1·00
Pearson goodness-of-fit = 1510·65
Prob > chi2(1401) = 0·02
Pearson goodness-of-fit= 1909·39
Prob > chi2(2465)= 1·00
Pearson goodness-of-fit = 2242·81
Prob > chi2(2652)= 1·00

PR, prevalence ratio.

*

P-value < 0·05.

**

P-value < 0·01.

***

P-value < 0·001.