Table 6.
Factors Associated with Wasting Among School-Age Children Aged 6–12 Years in South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia
| COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk consumption habit | Always | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Most of the days | 2.73 (0.74–10.1) | 2.39 (0.455–12.49) | 0.304 | |
| Sometimes | 2.15 (0.46–10.12) | 2.26 (0.35–14.47) | 0.391 | |
| Never | 6.06 (1.35–8.55) | 9.02 (1.56–51.98) | 0.014 | |
| Fruit eating pattern per week | Never | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Once | 0.44 (0.045–4.43) | 0.591 (0.044–8.009) | 0.693 | |
| Twice | 0.37 (0.04–3.08) | 0.226 (0.023–2.256) | 0.205 | |
| Three and above | 0.19 (0.24–2.10) | 0.213 (0.019–2.443) | 0.214 | |
| Sickness in the past 2 weeks | Yes | 8.4 (4.01–12.32) | 6 0.93 (4.12–10.06) | 0.000 |
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 |