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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