Table 5.

Factors associated with wasting among children aged 6–59 months, East Belesa District, northwest Ethiopia, 2014

Variables	Wasting		COR**(95%CI)	AOR ***95%CI
	Yes	No
Child sex
Male	48	291	0.75 (0.49, 0.95)*
Female	53	241	1
Child vitamin-A supplementation in the past six months
Yes	77	352	1
No	24	180	1.64 (1.00, 2.68)*
Type of prelacteal food given (n = 370)
Water	42	80	1	1
Butter	163	107	2.12 (1.47, 3.56)*	2.32 (1.81,5.31)*
Water treatment by any means
Yes	11	93	1
No	90	439	0.57 (0.29, 0.72)

*significant at p of <0.05

**Crude Odds Ratio

***Adjusted Odds Ratio