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. 2024 Feb 20;11:1340382. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1340382

Table 4.

Factors associated with the DBM (overweight/obese mothers with underweight/stunted/wasted children) or (underweight mothers with overweight children) in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia (N = 661).

Double burden of malnutrition
Variables Categories Yes No COR (95%CI) AOR (95%CI)
Mother’s age 15–24 6 86 1 1
25–34 45 328 1.97 (0.81, 4.76) 1.82 (0.78, 5.22)
> = 35 45 151 4.27(1.75, 10.42) 2.53 (0.93, 6.86)
Child’s DDS Low(<4) 45 160 1 1
High (≥4) 51 405 0.45 (0.29, 0.70) 0.37 (0.22, 0.61)*
Mother’s education status Unable to read and write 20 64 1 1
Able to read and write 11 27 1.30 (0.55, 3.10) 1.06 (0.40, 2.81)
Primary education 19 92 0.66 (0.33, 1.34) 0.59 (0.41, 1.95)
Secondary education 27 180 0.48 (0.25, 0.92) 0.46 (0.27, 1.18)
College and above 19 202 0.30 (0.15, 0.60) 0.26(0.12,0.54)*
Child sex Male 48 227 1 1
Female 48 338 0.67 (0.43, 1.03) 0.63 (0.44, 1.14)
Household food security status Food insecure 27 255 1 1
Food secured 69 310 2.10 (1.30, 3.38) 1.96 (1.13, 3.39)*
Wealth index Poorest 17 115 1 1
Poor 10 122 0.55 (0.24, 1.26) 0.48 (0.32, 1.95)
Middle 17 111 1.04 (0.50, 2.13) 1.03 (0.60, 3.12)
Rich 22 146 1.02 (0.52, 2.01) 1.01 (0.65, 3.56)
Richest 30 71 2.86 (1.47, 5.56) 2.72(2.01, 5.63)*

*Significantly associated factors at value of p ≤ 0.05, DDS, dietary diversity score; COR, Crude odds ratio; AOR, Adjusted odds ratio.