Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis for determinants of clinical VAD among children in southwest Ethiopia 2023.

Variables		Clinical VAD		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	p-value
		Yes	No
Maternal age	≤35	7	337	1	1
	>35	2	65	1.48 (0.30–7.29)	3.63 (0.38–34.3)	0.261
Child sex	Male	5	191	1.38 (0.36–5.22)
	Female	4	211	1
Age of the child	36–47	2	250	1	1
	48–59	7	152	5.76 (1.18–28.1)	17.3 (1.89–158.7)	0.012*
Educational status of the mother	Illiterate	7	159	5.35 (1.10–26.08)	9.19 (0.96–88.4)	0.055
	literate	2	243	1	1
Family size	<=4	2	165	1
	>4	7	237	2.44 (0.50–11.9)
Under-five children	≤2	8	393	1	1
	>2	1	9	5.46 (0.62–48.4)	16.2 (0.81–323.1)	0.069
Illness in the past week	Yes	5	115	3.12 (0.82–11.8)
	No	4	287	1
Underweight	Yes	2	64	1.51 (0.31–7.43)
	No	7	338	1
Wasting	Yes	1	55	1.27 (0.16–10.3)
	No	8	347	1
Income	<2000	8	265	4.14 (0.51–33.4)	9.39 (0.64–138.7)	0.103
	≥2000	1	137	1
Stunting	Yes	4	72	3.67 (0.96–13.9)	2.49 (0.41–15.0)	0.320
	No	5	330	1	1
Dietary diversity	Adequate	1	64	1	1
	Inadequate	8	338	1.52 (0.19–12.3)	5.50 (0.37–82.6)	0.217
Growing vegetables in the backyard	Yes	4	302	1	1
	No	5	100	3.78 (0.99–14.3)	5.31 (0.34–83.2)	0.235
ANC visit	Yes	3	358	0.06 (0.02–0.25)**	0.02 (0.001–0.32)	0.005**
	No	6	44	1	1	0.005*
Vitamin A supplementation	Yes	3	347	0.08 (0.02–0.33)**	0.09 (0.01–0.70)	0.021*
	No	6	55	1	1

The symbol asterisks refer to statistically significant determinants of VAD at p-value below 0.05 (*) and 0.01(**).