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. 2019 Jan 10;11(1):138. doi: 10.3390/nu11010138

Table 3.

Multivariate logistic regression: associated factors of malnutrition of 6–23-month-old children regarding underweight, stunting and wasting in rural Tigray, Ethiopia (N = 567).

Variables Predicting Category OR 95% CI p-Value
Underweight
Age of child 13–23 months 1.79 1.07, 3.00 0.028
Mother fasting during pregnancy period of indexed child Not fasting 2.12 1.29, 3.51 0.003
Mother fasting during lactation period of indexed child Not fasting 2.57 1.56, 4.23 0.000
Mother’s education Illiterate 1.79 1.10, 2.90 0.019
Mother’s occupation Farmer 2.28 1.25, 4.16 0.021
Hosmer-Lemeshow test: p = 0.92, C-statistic: AUC = 0.73; 95% CI 0.68–0.79
Stunting
Age of child 13–23 months 3.07 2.04, 4.63 0.000
Child colostrum intake status No colostrum after birth 4.10 1.42, 11.82 0.009
Mother fasting during pregnancy period of indexed child Not fasting 1.83 1.21, 2.77 0.005
Mother fasting during lactation period of indexed child Not fasting 1.81 1.20, 2.72 0.005
Toilet presence No toilet in the household 1.67 1.06, 2.64 0.026
Hosmer-Lemeshow test: p = 0.98, C-statistic: AUC = 0.70; 95% CI 0.66–0.75
Wasting
Mother fasting during lactation period of indexed child Not fasting 6.78 2.78, 16.40 0.000
Mother education Illiterate 2.24 1.01, 4.98 0.047
Hosmer-Lemeshow test: p = 0.47, C-statistic: AUC = 0.78; 95% CI 0.70–0.86

AUC = Area under the curve; OR = Odd ratio; CI: Confidence interval.