Table 3.

Factors associated with malnutrition among older adults in Addis Ababa

Variable	Malnutrition		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)
Age	Yes	No
young old	103	408	1	1
middle old	54	64	3.34(2.19,5.09)	2.62 (1.62, 4.25)*
old old	19	14	5.37(2.60,11.08)	2.94 (1.29, 6.67)*
Occupation
Retired	148	339	4.20 (2.19, 8.06)	2.15(0.98, 4.38)
Daily laborer and guard	17	41	3.99 (1.72, 9.25)	2.77 (1.09, 7.06)*
Merchant (self-employed)	11	106	1	1
Depression
Yes	110	73	9.42 (6.36, 13.97)	7.57(5.00, 11.45)*
No	66	413	1	1
Wealth index
Poor	73	154	2.25 (1.44, 3.53)	1.94 (1.16, 3.25)*
Middle	65	151	2.05 (1.3, 3.231)	1.66 (0.90, 2.81)
Rich	38	181	1	1
Head of the house hold
Father	79	239	1	1
Mother	89	240	1.12(.78, 1.59)	0.73(0.39, 1.38)
Children/relatives	8	7	3.45(1.21, 9.83)	1.58(0.40, 6.19)
Marital status
Married	66	226	1	1
Divorce/widowed	110	260	1.44(1.07, 1.06)	1.36(0.87, 2.11)
Education status
No formal education	106	238	1.80(1.00, 3.27)	1.63(0.79, 3.32)
Primary education	54	183	1.19(0.64, 2.24)	1.33(0.64, 2.78)
Secondary to higher	16	65	1	1

*indicates significant at p-Value less than 0.05in the multivariable analysis