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

5. Odd ratios (95% CI) for child undernutrition status.

Variable Crude OR (95% CI) P Β AOR (95% CI) P
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; AOR: adjusted odds ratio. Bold font presents P<0.05.
Child's age (months)
  0–12 1.00 (Reference) <0.001 1.00 (Reference) <0.001
 13–24 0.84 (0.51–1.36) 0.47 0.10 1.11 (0.67–1.82) 0.69
 25–36 0.53 (0.33–0.85) 0.01 0.59 1.81 (1.12–2.91) 0.01
 37–48 0.90 (0.56–1.46) 0.66 0.02 1.02 (0.62–1.67) 0.94
 49–60 2.26 (1.11–4.57) 0.02 –0.97 0.38 (0.18–0.79) 0.01
Gender 2.04 (1.45–2.86) <0.001 –0.74 0.48 (0.34–0.68) <0.001
Maternal education
 Illiteracy 1.00 (Reference) 0.04 1.00 (Reference) 0.01
 Primary 5.35 (1.26–22.74) 0.02 –1.97 0.14 (0.03–0.64) 0.01
 Secondary 6.97 (1.72–-28.32) 0.01 –2.28 0.10 (0.02–0.45) <0.001
 College 6.32 (1.51–26.54) 0.01 –2.20 0.11 (0.02–0.50) <0.001
Sleep time (hours)
  8 1.00 (Reference) 0.57
 <8 1.21 (0.78–1.89) 0.39
 >8 0.94 (0.65–1.37) 0.75
Occupation
None 1.00 (Reference) 0.09
Government job 0.98 (0.56–1.71) 0.94
Self employed 1.84 (1.14–2.97) 0.01
Private job 1.16 (0.74–1.82) 0.52
Household size 1.39 (0.99–1.94) 0.05