Table 5.
Strength of association between the variables and undernourishment of the respondents according to BMI for age (n=375^)
| Nutritional Status | Crude OR | 95% CI | P | Adjusted OR | 95% CI | P | ||||
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| Undernourished (n=47) | Normal (n=328) | |||||||||
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| Type of family | ||||||||||
| Extended/joint | 9 | 19.2 | 106 | 32.3 | 0.5 | 0.2–1.1 | 0.07 | 0.5 | 0.2–1.0 | 0.05 |
| Nuclear | 38 | 80.8 | 222 | 67.7 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Vaccination History | ||||||||||
| Partially/not immunized | 23 | 48.9 | 174 | 53.0 | 0.9 | 0.5–1.6 | 0.60 | 0.8 | 0.4–1.5 | 0.59 |
| Appropriate for age | 24 | 51.1 | 154 | 47.0 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Educational Status | ||||||||||
| ≤10 | 15 | 31.9 | 196 | 59.8 | 3.2 | 1.7–6.1 | <0.001 | 3.5 | 1.8–6.8 | <0.001 |
| >10 | 32 | 68.1 | 132 | 40.2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Vegetables daily | ||||||||||
| No | 15 | 31.9 | 68 | 20.7 | 1.8 | 1.0–3.5 | 0.08 | 1.9 | 1.0–3.9 | 0.07 |
| Yes | 32 | 68.1 | 260 | 79.3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Consumes non-vegetarian | ||||||||||
| No | 20 | 42.6 | 81 | 24.7 | 2.3 | 1.2–4.2 | 0.01 | 2.3 | 1.1–4.1 | 0.02 |
| Yes | 27 | 57.4 | 247 | 75.3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
^To find the association with undernourishment, 26 overnourished respondents are excluded