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. 2019 May 15;19:173. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2299-2

Table 3.

Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression of factors associated with dietary diversity among pregnant women in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016 (Model fitness checked with Hosmer and Lemeshow Test (χ2 = 4.798, P = 0.779)

Variables (Mean and standard deviation was used for continues variables) Dietary diversity
Inadequate Adequate COR (95% CI) P AOR (95% CI) P
Age 29.06 (± 5.44) 1.05 (1.02–1.08) 0.001 1.02 (0.96–1.09) 0.471
Educational status
 No education 303 80 35.54 (19.07–45.18) < 0.001 7.30 (2.35–22.68) 0.001
 Primary school 82 68 11.32 (5.87–21.81) < 0.001 2.31 (0.83–6.44) 0.109
 Secondary school 25 66 3.56 (1.71–7.41) 0.001 1.253 (0.49–3.19) 0.637
 College and above 13 122 1 1
Educational status of partner
 No education 250 71 25.61 (15.26–42.98) < 0.001 0.93 (0.31–2.85) 0.907
 Primary school 88 42 15.24 (8.55–27.15) < 0.001 1.20 (0.44–3.26) 0.725
 Secondary school 41 57 5.23 (2.87–9.53) < 0.001 1.69 (0.76–3.72) 0.196
 College and above 22 160 1 1
Woman’s Occupation
 Salary based 22 45 1 1
 Non-salary based 401 291 2.82 (1.66–4.80) < 0.001 1.06 (0.82–1.37) 0.649
Place of residence
 Rural 366 111 13.02 (9.08–18.66) < 0.001 2.57 (0.81–8.20) 0.111
 Urban 57 225 1
Number of lifetime pregnancy
 1–3 233 251 1 1
 > 3 190 85 2.41 (1.76–3.29) < 0.001 0.71 (0.31–1.61) 0.457
Number of lifetime live birth 1.97 (± 1.81) 1.33 (1.22–1.45) < 0.001 0.85 (0.65–1.10) 0.208
Number of ANC visit 2.67 (± 0.97) 0.75 (0.64–0.89) 0.002 0.92 (0.73–1.15) 0.457
Received dietary counseling
 Yes 257 300 1 1
 No 50 14 4.17 (2.25–7.72) < 0.001 3.31 (1.49–7.35) 0.003
Wealth index (in quintile)
 The poorest 117 34 86.03 (29.51–250.77) < 0.001 8.59 (1.56–47.34) 0.014
 Poorer 110 42 65.48 (22.67–189.13) < 0.001 6.34 (1.16–34.65) 0.033
 Poor 125 27 115.7 (39.2–341.7) < 0.001 8.46 (1.56–45.70) 0.013
 Richer 67 133 12.59 (4.44–35.69) < 0.001 6.57 (2.16–20.01) 0.001
 The richest 4 100 1 1
Food insecurity
 Yes 110 42 2.46 (1.67–3.63) < 0.001 0.73 (0.40–1.33) 0.300
 No 313 294 1 1
Meal frequency 3.63 (± 0.84) 0.26 (0.20–0.32) < 0.001 0.530 (0.38–0.74) < 0.001