Table 3.
Factors associated with UIC level at primary school children in Dawro zone, southwest Ethiopia, 2017, (n = 130)
| Variables with Category | UIC (μg /l) | Crude OR (95% CI) |
Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sufficientb | Insufficientc | |||
| Age of the student | ||||
| 7–9 years | 18 | 37 | 1 | 1 |
| 10–12 years | 48 | 27 | 3.65 (1.75, 7.62)** | 3.57 (1.33, 9.62)* |
| Sex of the student | ||||
| Male | 19 | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| Female | 40 | 47 | 2.64 (1.24, 5.65)* | 2.71 (0.89, 8.26) |
| Family size | ||||
| < =5 | 50 | 63 | 1 | 1 |
| > 5 | 14 | 3 | 0.17 (0.05, 0.63)* | 0.14 (0.02, 0.77)* |
| Family education | ||||
| Informal education | 26 | 25 | 1 | a |
| Formal education | 38 | 41 | 1.12 (0.56, 2.27) | a |
| Geographic location | ||||
| Lowland | 37 | 39 | 1 | 1 |
| Highland | 27 | 27 | 0.95 (0.47, 1.91) | 0.22 (0.06, 0.75)* |
| Duration of stay | ||||
| < =1 year | 2 | 3 | 1 | a |
| > 1 year | 62 | 63 | 0.68 (0.11, 4.19) | a |
| Family income/month | ||||
| < 500 Eth. Birr | 32 | 36 | 1 | |
| 500–1500 Eth. Birr | 28 | 25 | 0.79 (0.39, 1.63) | a |
| > 1500 Eth. Birr | 4 | 5 | 1.11 (0.27, 4.50) | a |
| Cassava Consumption | ||||
| Never Consume | 57 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| Consume | 7 | 43 | 15.22 (5.98, 8.74)** | 44.82 (11.0, 182.6)** |
*P.Value< 0.05 **P.Value< 0.001
aNot appeared in the final model (not significant) when backward LR method used
bSufficient (UIC > 100 μg/l) cInsufficient (UIC < 100 μg/l)