Table 3.

Factors associated with stunting among under-five children

Variable	n	Stunting %	COR (95% CI)	P value	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Use of surface water	144	48.8	3.5 (2.2–5.8)	0.000	13 (5.8–30)	0.000*
Introduction of CF before 6 months	278	50	2.3 (1.1–4.9)	0.02	2.8 (1.2–6.5)	0.02*
Diarrhea in the 2 weeks before survey	88	41	1.8 (1.1–2.9)	0.03	2.6 (1.4–5)	0.004*
Consuming unboiled cow’s milk	67	32.8	1.1 (0.6–1.9)	0.9	1.8 (1–3.8)	0.1
Keeping CF in kibuyu	97	36.1	1.3 (0.8–2.2)	0.3	1.2 (0.6–2.4)	0.7
Mother having more than two under-five children	41	45	2 (1.1–3.5)	0.03	1.5 (0.9–2.1)	0.4
Polygamous marriage	278	50	2.3 (1.1–4.9)	0.02	2.5 (1.4–4.4)	0.003*
Children aged 2 years and younger	132	56.5	3.4 (1.3–8.6)	0.01	1.7 (1–2.6)	0.2
Mother being younger than 30 years of age	68	37.2	1.1 (0.6–1.9)	0.2	1.2 (0.7–2.3)	0.1
Mothers with no education	145	43.4	3.4 (1.6–5.9)	0.000	2.8 (1.4–4.8)	0.001*

CF = complementary foods. This is a summary table of Supplemental Table 2.

^*P value ≤ 0.05.