Table 5.

Factors associated with acute and malnutrition on logistic regression analysis

Acute malnutrition Variable	Adjusted OR	95% CI	P-Value
Age group
3–24 months	2.78	1.26 – 6.15	0.012*
25–59 months
Sex
Male/Female	1.94	0.98 – 3.84	0.058
Household head
Mother, other/father	1.82	0.81 – 4.08	0.148
Relationship with child
Other/father, mother	1.58	0.55 – 4.56	0.400
Evidence of deworming
No/Yes	0.44	0.22 – 0.87	0.018*
Diarrhea
Yes/No	1.28	0.61 – 2.68	0.507
Fever
Yes/No	6.51	0.87 – 48.87	0.068
Chronic malnutrition Major age group
3 – 24	1.37	0.99 – 1.88	0.052
25 – 59
Sex
Male	1.56	1.15 – 2.13	0.004*
Female
Diarrhea
Yes	0.81	0.58 – 1.12	0.193
No
Cough
Yes	0.78	0.52 – 1.18	0.239
No