Tab. III.

Results of logistic regression analysis on growth status of infants (n = 445).

Variable	B	SE	Wald	df	AOR# (95.0% C.I)£	p-value
Gender of infant	-0.083	0.210	0.154	1	0.921 (0.610- 1.391)	0.695
Birth weight/BW	1.021	0.484	4.461	1	2.777 (1.076-7.166)	0.035*
Apgar score	0.243	0.660	0.136	1	1.276 (0.350-4.648)	0.712
Birth age	0.144	0.608	0.056	1	1.155 (0.351-3.803)	0.813
Breast feeding	0.198	0.619	0.102	1	1.219 (0.362-4.102)	0.749
Duration of breast feeding	0.620	0.218	8.060	1	1.859 (1.212-2.852)	0.001**
Hospitalization	0.144	0.285	0.256	1	1.155 (0.660-2.021)	0.613
Starting complementary feeding	0.184	0.239	0.596	1	1.202 (0.753-1.920)	0.440
Birth order	-0.300	0.131	5.229	1	0.741 (0.573-0.958)	0.022*
Marriage age of mother (in years)	0.072	0.289	0.062	1	1.074 (0.610-1.894)	0.804
Mother occupation	0.146	0.409	0.128	1	1.157 (0.520-2.579)	0.721
Family monthly income	0.400	0.196	4.191	1	1.492 (1.017-2.190)	0.041*
Maternal age (in years)	0.025	0.143	0.030	1	1.025 (0.775-1.355)	0.863
Type of delivery	0.084	0.218	0.148	1	1.088 (0.709-1.668)	0.700
Maternal education	0.351	0.098	12.740	1	1.421 (1.172-1.724)	0.000**
Number of gestation/NG	-0.233	0.159	2.235	1	0.587 (0.353-0.975)	0.060
Gestation interval (in years)	0.189	0.132	2.043	1	1.208 (0.932-1.565)	0.153
Number of family children	0.196	0.216	0.822	1	1.216 (0.797-1.857)	0.365

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01 is significant,

^#Adjusted Odds Ratio,

^£Confidence interval