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. 2021 Oct 15;2021:2467883. doi: 10.1155/2021/2467883

Table 3.

Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis on factors associated with stunting among adolescent students in Legehida district, Northeast Ethiopia, 2018.

Variables Categories Stunting COR 95%CI AOR 95%CI
Yes No
Sex Male 68 (33%) 138 (67%) 2.5 (1.65–4.14) 2.1 (1.73–5.90)
Female 33 (16.5%) 167 (83.5%) 1 1
Frequency of food intake per day ≤2 times 64 (48%) 70 (52%) 5.8 (3.63–8.99) 4.6 (2.61–8.24)
>2 times 37 (13.6%) 235 (86.4%) 1 1
Frequency of washing hands with soap after toilet Sometimes 51 (55.4%) 41 (44.6%) 6.57(1.7–11.00) 3.6 (1.30–9.40)
Always 50 (15.9%) 264 (84.1%) 1 1
Availability of functional latrine No 42 (61.7%) 26 (38.3%) 7.63(4.59–11.4) 5.51(3.03–9.9)
Yes 59 (17.4%) 279 (82.6%) 1 1
Source of drinking water River 64 (49.6%) 65 (50.4%) 6.38(3.4–8.9) 2.8(1.35–6.19)
Pipe and protected 37 (13.4%) 240 (86.6%) 1 1

Statistical significant (p value <0.05).