Table 2.
Health related and food insecurity characteristics of nutritional status of adolescents, Jimma zone, South West Ethiopia, 2011
| Prevalence (%) | Prevalence (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| variables | Category | Underweight (HAZ < -2) | Total | p-value | Stunting (HAZ < -2) | Total | p-value |
| Diarrhea | no | 1372 (87) | 1696 | 269 (86) | 1701 | ||
| yes | 205 (13) | 255 | 0.849 | 44 (14) | 255 | 0.558 | |
| Fever | no | 228 (14) | 284 | 48 (15) | 286 | ||
| yes | 1349 (86) | 1667 | 0.799 | 265 (85) | 1670 | 0.697 | |
| Cough | no | 903 (57) | 1101 | 161 (51) | 1105 | ||
| yes | 674 (43) | 850 | 0.130 | 152 (49) | 851 | 0.049 | |
| Fast breathing | no | 1191 (76) | 1454 | 239 (76) | 1459 | ||
| yes | 386 (24) | 497 | 0.038 | 74 (24) | 497 | 0.433 | |
| Vomiting | no | 1022 (65) | 1259 | 204 (65) | 1264 | ||
| yes | 555 (35) | 692 | 0.601 | 109 (35) | 692 | 0.823 | |
| Could not eat or drink | no | 804 (51) | 965 | 159 (51) | 970 | ||
| yes | 773 (49) | 986 | 0.006 | 154 (49) | 986 | 0.641 | |
| Abdominal pain | no | 1086 (69) | 1327 | 192 (61) | 1332 | ||
| yes | 491 (31) | 624 | 0.099 | 121 (39) | 624 | 0.005 | |
| Genital discharge or ulcer? | no | 1562 (99) | 1931 | 310 (99) | 1936 | ||
| yes | 15 (1) | 20 | 0.506 | 3 (1) | 20 | 0.902 | |
| Depression/extreme sadness/worry? | no | 1232 (78) | 1529 | 242 (77) | 1534 | ||
| yes | 345 (22) | 422 | 0.586 | 71 (23) | 422 | 0.603 | |
| Sleeps under insecticide treated bed net | no | 1376 (87) | 1709 | 282 (90) | 1714 | ||
| yes | 201 (13) | 242 | 0.347 | 31 (10) | 242 | 0.148 | |
| Smoking | no | 1571 (99.62) | 1941 | 311 (99) | 1946 | ||
| yes | 6 (0.38) | 10 | 0.093 | 2 (1) | 10 | 0.730 | |
| Anyone in household smoke tobacco products | no | 1377 (87) | 1707 | 276 (88) | 1712 | ||
| Yes | 200 (13) | 244 | 0.630 | 37 (12) | 244 | 0.703 | |
| Adolescent food insecurity | secure | 1247 (79) | 1549 | 247 (79) | 1554 | ||
| non-secure | 330 (21) | 402 | 0.472 | 66 (21) | 402 | 0.799 | |