TABLE 3.

Results for logistic regression analysis predicting the likelihood of a child to be underweight

Variables	Frequency (N)	Percent (%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	p‐value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p‐value
Gender
Female	201	10.1	0.67 (0.55–0.81)	<.001	0.62 (0.48–0.81)	<.001
Male	296	14.3	1		1
Age
0–5	67	6.7	0.36 (0.26–0.48)	<.001	0.32 (0.21–0.48)	<.001
6–11	115	11.7	0.66 (0.51–0.85)	.002	0.68 (0.48–0.96)	.029
12–17	151	13.8	0.8 (0.63–1.019)	.071	0.84 (0.61–1.16)	.288
18–23	163	16.8	1		1
Diarrhea
No	389	11.7	0.75 (0.6–0.94)	.014
Yes	108	15
Birth weight
Lower than average	35	22.9	2.74 (1.84–4.09)	<.001	2.92 (1.92–4.43)	<.001
Average & higher than average	242	9.7	1
Vitamin A
No	272	15.7	1.38 (1.12–1.7)	.003
Yes	157	11.9
Deworming
No	218	17.1	1.49 (1.15–1.93)	.003
Yes	96	12.2
Mother age
15–24	196	12.1	0.74 (0.57–0.96)	.022
25–34	204	11.2	0.87 (0.52–0.88)	.003
35–49	97	15.8	1
BMI
Lower than 18.5	54	17.9	2.97 (1.73–5.08)	<.001	2.48 (1.34–4.58)	.04
Normal (18.5–24.9)	378	13.2	2.08 (1.31–3.31)	.002	1.42 (0.86–2.36)	.17
Overweight (25.0 – 29.9)	43	7.3	1.8 (0.58–1.87)	.773	0.71 (0.38–1.33)	.262
Obesity (<=30)	20	6.7	1		1
Education level
No education	113	14.2	2.22 (1.56–3.17)	<.001	1.67 (1.02–2.73)	.04
Primary education	335	13.1	2.02 (1.47–2.77)	<.001	1.78 (1.23–2.58)	.002
Secondary and higher education	48	7	1		1
Residence
Rural	410	13.9	1.9 (1.49–2.43)	<.001
Urban	86	7.8	1
Source of water
Unimproved	298	13.1	1.2 (1–1.46)	.055
Improved	199	11.1	1
Time to the water source
>30 min	245	12.8	1.1 (0.92–1.54)	.298
≤30 min	251	11.7
Type of toilet facility
Unimproved	410	13.6	1.7 (1.34–2.17)	<.001	1.44 (1.06–1.95)	.021
Improved	87	8.4	1		1
Feeding practices
EBF
No	30	7.2	1.14 (0.69–1.87)	.618
Yes	37	6.3	1
Continue BF for 1 YR
No	13	18.8	1.76 (0.92–3.38)	.087
Yes	75	11.5	1
Continue BF for 2 YR
No	56	14.1	0.46 (0.31–0.69)	<.001
Yes	69	26.2	1
Child with MDD
No	332	14.7	1.22 (0.96–1.55)	.11
Yes	98	12.3	1
Child with MMF
No	270	14.5	1.08 (0.88–1.34)	.465
Yes	160	13.5	1