Table 3.

Factors to stunting, Urban school-attending adolescents in Addis Ababa, 2019 Ethiopia

Characteristic	Stunting Status		Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
	Not stunted	Stunted
Gender
Female	620	37	1	1
Male	482	61	1.99 (1.437,2.768) ***	1.95 (1.11,3.39) **
Grade
Garde 5	280	20	1	1
Grade 6	273	27	1.38 (0.817,2.231)	0.72 (0.30,1.71)
Garde 7	276	24	1.2 (0.70,2.057)	0.49 (0.18,1.32)
Grade 8	273	27	1.38 (0.814,2.239)	0.33 (0.11,0.98) **
Age of Adolescents
10 years	50	1	1	1
11 Years	150	10	3.187 (0.507,20.039)	2.76 (0.32,23.82)
12 Years	223	17	3.612 (0.516,25.287)	4.74 (0.56,40.22)
13 Years	282	13	2.247 (0.283,17.879)	3.58 (0.39,33.03)
14 Years	234	36	6.799 (1.094,42.259)	16.19 (1.74,150.82)
Mother/female guardian occupation
Private	373	34	1	1
Government worker	208	30	1.509 (0.824,2.762)	1.45 (0.73,2.87)
Unemployment	45	1	0.260 (0.038,1.764)	0.39 (0.05,3.18)
Homemaker	368	23	0.704 (0.448,1.106)	0.64 (0.33,1.25)
Fathers’/male guardian educational status
No schooling	203	22	1	1
Primary	395	35	0.832 (0.571,1.212)	1.32 (0.63,2.77)
Secondary	234	17	0.693 (0.368,1.304)	0.93 (0.40,2.15)
Technical and University	63	4	0.611 (0.267,1.394)	1.16 (0.32,4.17)
Cruciferous vegetables
Never or 1/wk	923	88	1	1
2–4/wk	175	9	0.562 (0.304,1.037)	0.62 (0.27,1.44)
5–7/wk or > 1/day	4	1	2.297 (0.0558,9.459)	2.09 (0.34,13.07)
Other fruits
Never or 1/wk	828	82	1	1
2–4/wk	257	14	0.573 (0.331,0.991)	0.58 (0.27,1.24)
5–7/wk or > 1/day	17	2	1.168 (0.288,4.738)	1.19 (0.26,5.51)
Legumes
Never or 1/wk	171	10	1	1
2–4/wk	392	33	1.405 (0.777,2.543)	1.34 (0.56,3.23)
5–7/wk or > 1/day	539	55	1.676 (0.880,3.191)	1.72 (0.74,3.99)
Liquid oils
Never or 1/wk	125	5	1	1
2–4/wk	30	1	0.839 (0.122,5.748)	0.98 (0.09,9.82)
5–7/wk or > 1/day	947	92	2.302 (0.9147,5.795)	2.21 (0.74,6.59)
Sweets and ice cream
Never or 1/wk	79	2	1	1
2–4/wk	321	27	3.142 (0.700,14.096)	1.19 (0.25,5.64)
5–7/wk or > 1/day	702	69	3.624 (0.898,14.615)	1.83 (0.41,8.11)

NB: ***= p < .001, **= p < .01, *= p < .05