Table 7.
Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression predictors of thinness among school adolescent girls in Megale district, Afar Regional state, Northeastern Ethiopia, April, 2017 (N = 736)
| Thinness | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Categories | Yes (%) | No (%) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
| Age of adolescents | Early (10–13) | 74 (25.9) | 212 (74.1) | 3.53 (1.56–8.00) | 2.89 (1.23–6.81)* |
| Middle (14–16) | 26 (9.6) | 246 (90.4) | 1.07 (0.43–2.69) | 0.99 (0.39–2.57) | |
| Late (17–19) | 16 (9) | 162 (59.6) | 1 | 1 | |
| Eating snacks | No | 46 (16.9) | 226 (83.1) | 1.15 (0.65–2.04) | 0.93 (0.49–1.67) |
| Yes | 70 (15.1) | 394 (84.9) | 1 | 1 | |
| Grade level | 4th | 50 (18.8) | 216 (81.2) | 2.92 (1.06–8.00) | 2.27 (0.71–7.28) |
| 5th | 38 (22.6) | 130 (77.4) | 3.68 (1.29–10.47) | 2.25 (0.68–7.49) | |
| 6th | 12 (11.8) | 90 (88.2) | 1.68 (0.48–5.85) | 0.99 (0.25–3.99) | |
| 7th | 6 (9.4) | 58 (90.6) | 1.30 (0.29–5.83) | 1.52 (0.30–7.59) | |
| 8th | 10 (7.4) | 126 (92.64) | 1 | 1 | |
| Marital status | Unmarried | 108 (17.2) | 520 (82.8) | 2.59 (0.90–7.49) | 1.05 (0.28–3.92) |
| Married | 8 (7.4) | 100 (92.6) | 1 | 1 | |
| Menarche | No | 100 (19.0) | 430 (81.0) | 2.76 (1.26–6.05) | 0.53 (0.18–1.53) |
| Yes | 16 (7.8) | 190 (92.2) | 1 | 1 | |
| Dietary diversity score | DDS < 4 | 108 (16.3) | 530 (83.7) | 2.29 (0.79–6.64) | 0.44 (0.14–1.38) |
| DDS ≥ 4 | 8 (12.2) | 90 (87.8) | 1 | 1 | |
*p value < 0.05, DDS dietary diversity score, OR odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval