Table 6.

Binary and multiple logistic regression analysis of academic performance based on CGPA average as a dichotomous variable, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, November 2012

Variables	Academic performance, CGPA		OR (95% CI)
	Good (≤3.0)	Low (<3.0)	Crude OR (95% CI)	P-value	Adjusted OR(95% CI)	P-value
Age (years)				0.000		0.000
≤20	107	10	1		1
21–25	252	213	9.044 (4.613–17.733)		0.275 (0.058–1.297)
>25	6	4	7.133 (1.722–29.556)		1.924 (0.484–7.652)
Religion				0.105		0.923
Orthodox	231	125	1
Muslim	50	29	0.685 (0.337–1.396)
Protestant	65	58	0.735 (0.325–1.663)
Other	19	15	1.130 (0.527–2.426)
Ethnicity				0.083		0.574
Amhara	158	78	1
Oromo	92	76	0.680 (0.425–1.088)
Tigre	31	13	1.138 (0.698–1.857)
Gurage	22	15	0.578 (0.272–1.227)
Other	62	45	0.939 (0.439–2.009)
Maternal education				0.075		0.515
No formal education	156	81	1
Primary school	77	63	0.983 (0.631–1.532)
High school	43	36	1.549 (0.953–2.518)
College and above	89	47	1.585 (0.900–2.794)
Withdrawal history				0.043		0.513
Yes	11	15	1
No	354	212	2.277 (1.027–5.050)
Medicine as first choice				0.046		0.05
Yes	338	199	1
No	27	28	1.761 (1.009–3.074)
Current substance use				0.000		0.003
Yes	69	74	1		1
No	296	153	2.075 (1.417–3.039)		1.945 (1.253–3.019)
Missing seminars/tutorials				0.003		0.055
Yes	57	58	1
No	307	169	1.848 (1.226–2.788)
University entrance result, %				0.000		0.000
60–65	11	14	1		1
66–70	64	92	3.494 (1.490–8.193)		3.053 (1.248–7.47)
71–75	150	70	3.946 (2.51–6.203)		3.809 (1.908–4.293)
>75	140	51	1.281 (0.835–1.966)		1.443 (0.908–2.293)

Abbreviations: CGPA, cumulative grade point average; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.