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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: BMC Nutr. 2015 Dec 17;1:41. doi: 10.1186/s40795-015-0039-1

Table 5.

Logistic regression of underweight status (weight-for-age z-score < −2), Zambézia Province, Mozambique

2010 Survey 2014 Survey 2010 and 2014 combined
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Child age (per month increase) 1.01 (0.99,1.03) 0.34 1.03 (1.01,1.05) 0.01 1.02 (1.00,1.04) 0.02
Family Income (per 100 MZN/month increase) 1.01 (0.97,1.04) 0.71 1.01 (0.99,1.03) 0.41 1.01 (0.99,1.02) 0.39
Household dietary diversity score (per point increase) 1.06 (0.92,1.23) 0.39 0.91 (0.83,0.99) 0.02 0.96 (0.89,1.04) 0.37
Exclusive breastfeeding (6 months) 0.43 (0.14,1.28) 0.13 0.43 (0.18,1.02) 0.05 0.53 (0.29,0.97) 0.04
Introduction of other foods (≥6 months) 0.57 (0.25,1.32) 0.19 1.80 (0.75,4.36) 0.19 1.01 (0.56,1.83) 0.97
Child received vitamin A supplement 1.17 (0.55,2.51) 0.68 1.03 (0.52,2.03) 0.93 0.92 (0.60,1.40) 0.70
Child had diarrheal illness within past month 0.63 (0.32,1.25) 0.19 1.07 (0.45,2.55) 0.88 0.83 (0.49,1.43) 0.51
Family was food insecure within past month 2.31 (1.02,5.23) 0.05 0.90 (0.40,2.01) 0.80 1.47 (0.87,2.49) 0.15
Mother washed hands with soap on previous day 0.44 (0.19,1.06) 0.07 0.65 (0.30,1.39) 0.27 0.60 (0.36,1.01) 0.05
Family uses safe water 0.82 (0.32,2.09) 0.68 1.58 (0.60,4.21) 0.36 1.12 (0.58,2.18) 0.74