Table 4.

Binomial logistic regression analysis examining clinical factors associated with malnutrition^a in children

Factors	Odds ratio (OR)	95 % CI	P-value
bMale	1.91	1.20 – 2.04	0.006
Age groups			0.048
Age ≤ 1 year	1.30	0.38 – 4.82	0.64
Age 1.1 – 3 year	2.18	1.08 – 4.40	0.03
Age 3.1 – 5 years	1.08	0.54 – 2.18	0.83
Age 5.1 – 9 years	0.82	0.44 – 1.54	0.53
cSplenomegaly	0.78	0.39 – 1.5	0.49
dAnaemia	1.41	0.84 – 2.36	0.19
eMalaria Parasite positive	1.35	0.70 – 1.83	0.61

^aMalnutrition: children with a standard deviation score of < −2 for WA/HA/WH

^bMale =1; Female = 0

^cSplenomegaly = 1; Normal = 0

^dAnaemia (Hb <11 g/dL) = 1; Non anaemic (Hb ≥ 11 g/dL) = 0

^eMalaria parasite positive = 1; Negative = 0