Table 5.

Results from Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis for Vitamin A

Risk Factor	Subcategory	Unadjusted OR	95% CI	p-valuec	Adjusted ORa	95% CI	p-value
Age Group	< 1	1		Test-for trend: 0.299	1		0.305
	1–2	0.99	0.63–1.58		1.13	0.53–2.42
	2–3	1.10	0.69–1.76		1.65	0.94–2.89
	3–4	0.94	0.58–1.53		0.99	0.52–1.90
	4+	1.38	0.82–2.31		1.18	0.61–2.25
Gender	Male	1		0.916	1		0.689
	Female	1.01	0.77–1.33		0.93	0.68–1.28
Mother’s Education	Illiterate/Elementary	1		Test-for- trend: 0.008	0.803b	0.56–1.15	0.154
	Preparatory/Secondary	0.77	0.40–1.48
	Diploma/BA/Postgrad	0.54	0.27–1.05
Province	West Bank	1		0.914	1		0.183
	Gaza Strip	0.99	0.75–1.29		1.34	0.78–2.31
Type of Community	City	1		0.058	1		0.126
	Village	0.82	0.59–1.13		0.76	0.48–1.20
	Camp	0.74	0.53–1.04		1.01	0.51–1.99
	Bedouin camp	5.54	0.73–42.1		4.74	2.21–10.2
Has the child ever been breastfed?	Yes	1		0.283	1		0.224
	No	0.65	0.30–1.43		0.56	0.25–1.22
Child received feeding at < 6 months of age?	Yes	1		0.133	1		0.015
	No	1.24	0.94–1.63		1.53	1.18–1.98
Is the child currently taking the drops?	Yes	1		0.745	1		0.854
	No	0.93	0.59–1.47		0.95	0.58–1.55
How long has the child taken the drops? (months)	Continuous Variable	1.03	0.99–1.06	0.142	1.03	0.99–1.07	0.167
Where does the child receive the drops?	MOH	1		0.444	1		0.126
	UNWRA	0.83	0.60–1.14		0.59	0.30–1.18
	NGOs	0.98	0.31–3.15		0.58	0.09–3.61
	Private	1.19	0.74–1.92		1.00	0.54–1.85
	Medical Missions	N/A			N/A
CRP (mg/L)	Continuous Variable	1.02	1.00–1.04	0.001	1.02	1.00–1.03	0.016
Anaemia	Yes	1.47	1.04–2.08	0.027	1.50	1.08–2.10	0.047
	No	1			1

^aAdjusted odds ratios adjusting for all other factors in the table. Likelihood Ratio Tests provided p-values

^bMother’s education was treated as a continuous variable as the variable was found to be statistically significant in a test for trend in the bivariable analyses

^cp-value from chi-squared test unless otherwise stated