Table 3.

Risk factors for wasting (WHZ scores < -2SD) among children aged less than twenty four months.

Factors		Wasted (%)	N	OR	95% CI	P value
Household member	<4	12.5	886	ref.
	4 to <7	11.3	4,475	0.86	(0.68–1.09)	0.210
	7 or more	10.8	1,869	0.84	(0.64–1.12)	0.241
Age (Months)	0 to <6	9.4	1,758	ref.
	6 to <12	10.2	1,813	1.10	(0.87–1.38)	0.446
	12 to <24	12.9	3,659	1.44	(1.18–1.76)	<0.001
Gender	Male	13.1	3,665	ref.
	Female	9.5	3,565	0.68	(0.58–0.79)	<0.001
Area	Urban	10.4	1,153	ref.
	Rural	11.5	6,077	0.91	(0.72–1.15)	0.426
Division	Dhaka	11.2	1,850	ref.
	Barisal	12.4	677	1.03	(0.77–1.38)	0.849
	Chittagong	11.9	1,451	0.98	(0.78–1.24)	0.888
	Khulna	10.7	995	0.97	(0.75–1.26)	0.825
	Rajshahi	8.9	677	0.68	(0.50–0.94)	0.019
	Rangpur	10.4	916	0.76	(0.57–1.00)	0.051
	Sylhet	14.3	664	1.25	(0.93–1.67)	0.138
Education of mother	Secondary complete or higher	7.3	881	ref.
	Secondary incomplete	10.4	2,705	1.37	(0.96–1.96)	0.081
	Primary complete	11.9	1,141	1.37	(0.91–2.04)	0.128
	Primary incomplete	13.0	996	1.37	(0.91–2.08)	0.132
	None	13.9	1,507	1.46	(0.97–2.19)	0.073
Education of father	Secondary complete or higher	8.5	1,057	ref.
	Secondary incomplete	9.2	1,426	0.83	(0.61–1.14)	0.243
	Primary complete	12.1	978	1.01	(0.72–1.42)	0.943
	Primary incomplete	14.3	1,060	1.14	(0.81–1.59)	0.458
	None	12.9	2,145	0.93	0.67–1.29)	0.669
Wealth index quintile	Richest	6.7	1,056	ref.
	Fourth	10.0	1,175	1.54	(1.07–2.21)	0.020
	Middle	10.8	1,364	1.59	(1.09–2.32)	0.017
	Second	12.2	1,571	1.74	(1.18–2.58)	0.005
	Poorest	14.2	2,064	1.79	(1.19–2.68)	0.005
Type of toilet facility	Flush toilet	9.1	1,776	ref.
	Pit toilet	11.2	4,482	1.03	(0.81–1.30)	0.822
	Hanging toilet	15.0	579	1.17	(0.84–1.64)	0.361
	No facilities (field, bush)	17.1	391	1.58	(1.08–2.30)	0.017
Salt iodization test outcome	0 PPM (not iodized)	13.4	1,907	ref.
	More than 0 PPM and less than 15 PPM	11.6	1,443	0.81	(0.65–1.01)	0.060
	15 PPM or more	10.3	3,750	0.84	(0.69–1.02)	0.080
Number of under five children			7,230	1.08	(0.92–1.25)	0.348