Table 3.
Factors associated with under-nutrition among pregnant women in public health care hospitals of Gedio Zone, SNNPRS, Ethiopia 2019 (n = 235).
| Variables | Under-nutrition |
COR (95% CI) |
AOR (95%CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||||
| Average monthly income | ≤800 8001–1500 >1500 |
28 (56%) 6 (12%) 16 (32%) |
29 (15.6%) 44 (23.7%) 112 (60.5%) |
6.75 (2–9.54) 0.9 (0.08–3.42) 1 |
2.89 (1.49–5.6)∗∗∗ 0.2 (0.04–3.2) 1 |
| Educational status of Mother | Unable to read Only reading Elementary 2ry and above |
41 (82%) 5 (10%) 2(4%) 2(4%) |
40 (21.6%) 45 (24%) 66 (35.6%) 34 (18.4%) |
17 (4.8–23.19) 1.9 (1.2–6.1) 0.5 (0.08–2.04) 1 |
4 .2 (2.34–7.86)∗ 0.54 (0.07–3.29) 0.2 (0.09–2.47) 1 |
| Family size | ≤6 >6 |
34 (68%) 16 (32%) |
162 (87.5%) 23 (12.5%) |
1 3.3 (1.65–7.24) |
1 2.5 (-3.91)∗∗∗ |
| NEC | No | 47 (94%) | 115 (62%) | 9.5 (11.35–14) | 3.23 (1.6–15) ∗∗∗ |
| Yes | 3 (6%) | 70 (38%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Health condition | Well Diseased |
13 (26%) 37 (74%) |
123 (66.4%) 62 (33.6%) |
1 5.6 (2.07–9.4) |
1 2.19 (1.78–5.84)∗∗ |
| Parity | Primiparous 2–4 children Multiple ≥5 |
10 (20%) 16 (32%) 24 (48%) |
129 (70%) 32 (17%) 24 (13%) |
1 6.45 (3.2–11.66) 12.9 (2.14–10.01) |
1 1.7 (1.2–7.49) 5 (1.56–9.67)∗∗ |
∗ Significant at P = <0.05, ∗ ∗ Significant at P = ≤ 0.002, ∗ ∗∗ Significant at P = < 0.001.