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Table 4.

The relationship between risk of malnutrition and sociodemographic characteristics and lifestyle factors

		Univariate analysis							Multivariate analysis
Variables		No risk of malnutrition		Low risk of malnutrition		High risk of malnutrition		p-value	Exp(B) CI	p- value	P value for the model
Variables		n	%	n	%	N	%	p-value	Exp(B) CI	p- value	P value for the model
Gender	Male	17	63.0	30	53.6	32	46.4	0.328	0.71 (0.22–2.27)	0.534 ^b	0.12 ^b 0.015
Gender	Female	10	37.9	26	46.4	37	53.6	0.328	0.71 (0.22–2.27)	0.534 ^b
Marital status	Married	22	81.5	39	69.6	55	79.7	0.330	0.82 (0.26–2.5)	0.723 ^b
Marital status	Not Married	5	18.5	17	30.4	14	20.3	0.330	0.82 (0.26–2.5)	0.723 ^b
Educational level	No formal education	0	0.0	2	3.6	4	5.8	0.868	0.82 (0.68–1.45)	0.97 ^b
	Primary education	12	44.4	26	46.4	34	49.3
	Secondary education	9	33.3	14	25.0	18	26.1
	Diploma	1	3.7	5	8.9	3	4.3
	University education	5	18.5	9	16.1	10	14.5
Working status before dialysis	Yes	19	70.4	31	55.4	24	34.8	0.003^{* a}	2.1 (0.67–6.5)	0.065 ^b
Working status before dialysis	No	8	29.6	25	44.6	45	65.2	0.003^{* a}	2.1 (0.67–6.5)	0.065 ^b
Working status after dialysis	Yes	7	25.9	10	17.9	3	4.3	0.008^{* a}	1.8 (0.67–6.5)	0.11 ^b
	No	20	74.1	46	82.1	66	95.7
	Alone	0	0.0	3	5.4	2	2.9
Area of living	City	15	55.6	33	58.9	33	47.8	0.450	1.03(0.43–2.51)	0.725 ^b
Area of living	Camp/village	12	44.4	23	41.1	36	52.2	0.450	1.03(0.43–2.51)	0.725 ^b
Lifestyle characteristics	Smoking	6	22.2	10	17.9	12	17.4	0.852	1.2 (0.4–4.5)	0.76
	Not going Walking	15	55.6	20	35.7	16	23.2	0.002^*a	2.2 (1.3–3.7)	0.003*^b
	Not Doing exercise	2	7.7	0	0.0	1	1.5	0.100	1.3 (0.5–3.5)	0.54

^aUnivariate; ^bMultivariate; *Significant at p-value < 0.05 using person chi-square test