Table 5.
Factors associated with faltering into wasting for children in the prevention group—Three months post admission
| Faltering |
Crude odds ratio (95% CI) |
Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
No (N = 5,125) n (%) |
Yes (N = 190) n (%) |
|||
| Female | 2,542 (49.6) | 87 (45.8) | 0.85 (0.64, 1.14) | 0.67 (0.49, 0.91)* |
| Age (months) | 14.6 (14.2, 15.1) | 14.6 (13.0, 16.3) | 1.00 (0.98, 1.01) | 1.12 (1.09, 1.16)** |
| Illness (at admission) | 325 (6.3) | 14 (7.4) | 1.22 (0.69, 2.14) | 1.24 (0.69, 2.22) |
| Lives in joint family | 2,575 (50.2) | 99 (52.1) | 1.09 (0.81, 1.46) | 1.18 (0.83, 1.67) |
| Mother not working | 4,852 (94.7) | 183 (96.3) | 1.50 (0.69, 3.24) | 1.40 (0.63, 3.10) |
| Household owns home | 2,861 (55.8) | 104 (54.7) | 0.95 (0.71, 1.28) | 0.89 (0.63, 1.27) |
| Birth order | ||||
| First child | 2,185 (44.4) | 78 (42.9) | 1 | 1 |
| Second child | 1,622 (33.0) | 60 (33.0) | 1.03 (0.73, 1.46) | 0.89 (0.62, 1.28) |
| Third child | 666 (13.5) | 22 (12.1) | 0.93 (0.57, 1.52) | 0.77 (0.46, 1.30) |
| Fourth or higher | 443 (9.0) | 22 (12.1) | 1.39 (0.85, 2.28) | 1.05 (0.60, 1.84) |
| Admission weight (kg) | 8.2 (8.1, 8.3) | 7.4 (7.1, 7.8) | 0.89 (0.84, 0.94) | 0.58 (0.50, 0.66)** |
| PPI: % mean likelihood below the $2.16/day/PPP line | 74.3 (73.2, 75.5) | 77.2 (74.6, 79.8) | 2.80 (1.08, 7.22) | 1.87 (0.61, 5.75) |
Note. For age, admission weight and Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI), means are presented with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Illnesses documented at admission include diarrhoea, cough, fever, and vomiting. Adjusted model sample falls to 5,081 due to missing birth order data that was added after revising the screening format.
*
P ≤ 0.05.
**
P ≤ 0.001.