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.