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. 2020 Jul;34(4):301–308. doi: 10.7555/JBR.33.20180141

3. Odd ratios (95% CI) for child underweight status (weight for age).

Variable Crude OR (95% CI) P B AOR (95% CI) P
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; AOR: adjusted odds ratio. Bold font presents P<0.05.
Gender 1.89 (1.19–3.00) <0.001 –0.69 0.50 (0.31–0.81) <0.001
Maternal education
 Illiteracy 1.00 (Reference) 0.02 – 1.00 (Reference) 0.01
 Primary 5.39 (1.30–22.34) 0.02 –1.85 0.16 (0.04–0.67) 0.01
 Secondary 7.46 (1.94–28.67) 0.00 –2.17 0.11 (0.03–0.45) <0.001
 College 6.68 (1.64–27.31) 0.00 –2.03 0.13 (0.03–0.55) 0.01
Initiation of breastfeeding 0.51 (0.26–1.03) 0.05 0.79 2.20 (1.09–4.47) 0.02
Child's age (months)
  0–12 1.00 (Reference) 0.06 – – –
 13–24 1.00 (0.48–2.05) 0.99 – – –
 25–36 0.49 (0.26–0.92) 0.02 – – –
 37–48 0.70 (0.36–1.35) 0.28 – – –
 49–60 1.39 (0.57–3.42) 0.47 – – –
Sleep time (hours)
  8 1.00 (Reference) 0.64 – – –
 <8 0.82 (0.47–1.43) 0.47 – – –
 >8 1.09 (0.64–1.86) 0.74 – – –
Occupation
 None 1.00 (Reference) 0.17 – – –
 Government job 0.92 (0.44–1.89) 0.81 – – –
 Self employed 2.23 (1.07–4.65) 0.03 – – –
 Private job 1.18 (0.64–2.17) 0.58 – – –