Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis for predictors of stunting, underweight, and wasting among children aged 12–59 months (n=671), Agincourt, South Africa (2007) Variable¹

	Stunting	Underweight	Wasted
	OR [95% CI]	OR [95% CI]	OR [95% CI]
Child-level factors
HIV status
Negative (ref)	1	1	1
Positive	2.3 [0.9, 5.6]	1.5 [0.5, 4.4]	1.9 [0.5, 6.5]
Unknown status	0.4 [0.1, 1.6]	0.3 [0.0, 2.2]	0.5 [0.07, 4.1]
Child age	0.6 [0.5, 0.7]***
Birth weight
≥ 2.5 kg (ref)	1	1
< 2.5 kg	1.9 [0.9, 3.8]	3.1 [1.5, 6.4]**
Household-level factors
Maternal factors
Mother's age
25–34 (ref)	1
15–24	1.6 [1.0, 2.6]
35 +	1.1 [0.6, 1.9]
Delivery place
Health facility (ref)			1
Home			2.0 [1.0, 4.1]
Community-level factors
Area of residence
Predominantly South African (ref)	1	1	1
Predominantly Mozambican	2.2 [1.1, 4.3]*	2.0 [0.9, 4.4]	2.3 [0.9, 5.5]

¹Only variables with significant association at 10% level of significance are shown.

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001.