Table 7.

Bivariable and Multivariable result of factor associated with thinness among school adolescent girls in Abuna Gindeberet district, Central Ethiopia, 2021

Variables		Thinness		COR(95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	P-Value
		Yes	No
Water source	Unimproved	32	150	1.46(0.90, 2.37)	0.97(0.42, 2.21)	0.933
	Improved	51	350	1	1
Home gardening	Yes	32	241	1	1
	No	51	259	1.48(0.92, 2.39)	0.84(0.37,1.87)	0.664
Washing hand after toilet	No	43	179	1.93(1.21,3.08*	0.69 (0.28,1.73)	0.433
	Yes	40	321	1	1
Attending mass media	No	44	155	2.51(1.57,4.02*	1.59(0.63,4.02)	0.331
	Yes	39	345	1	1
Information on adolescent nutrition	Yes	26	209	0.64(0.39, 1.04)	1.24(0.53,2.87)	0.621
	No	57	291	1	1
Meal pattern	Monotonies	28	36	9.44(4.53,19.7*	1.78 (0.41,7.69)	0.443
	Sometimes different	41	294	1.69(0.9, 3.2)	1.01(0.38,2.69)	0.983
	Always different	14	170	1	1
Frequency of eating vegetable and Fruits	Never	24	86	2.87(1.41,5.85*	2.07 (0.72,5.97)	0.178
	1–2 times/week	45	270	1.71(0.91, 3.23)	0.78(0.28,2.19)	0.642
	≥ 3times/week	14	144	1	1
Frequency of eating dairy Product	Never	28	123	2.08(1.12,3.86*	1.56 (0.54,4.52)	0.415
	1–2 times/week	35	194	1.65(0.92, 2.96)	1.79(0.66,4.83)	0.253
	≥ 3times/week	20	183	1	1
Frequency of eating oil and fat	Never	148	24	1.89 (0.89, 4)	0.97 (0.28,3.33)	0.960
	1-2times/week	224	48	2.49(1.25,4.97)*	1.98(0.66,5.96)	0.227
	≥ 3times/week	128	11	1	1
Vigorous intensity Activity	Yes	40	182	1.63(1.02,2.59)*	2.51(1.14,5.54)	0.022
	No	43	318	1	1
PMS	Yes	28	168	2.18(1.13,4.21)*	1.69 (0.74,3.85)	0.213
	No	15	197	1	1
Meal per day	< 3	53	238	1.95(1.20,3.15)*	1.2(0.50,2.84)	0.684
	≥ 3	30	262	1	1
Age	10–14 years	59	248	2.5(1.51, 4.14)*	3.77(1.06,13.37)	0.040
	15-19 years	24	252	1	1
Grade level	4–8 grades	64	325	1.81(1.05,3.13)*	0.43(0.13,1.50)	0.187
	9–12 grades	19	175	1	1
DDS	˂ 4	32	48	5.91(3.47,10)*	4.05(1.43,11.46)	0.008
	≥ 4	51	452	1	1

^*Variable with p-value < 0.05, COR Crude Odds Ratio, AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, DDS Dietary Diversity Score, PMS Premenstrual Syndrome