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Table 5 Health outcomes associated with malnutrition in 371 children attending PML hospital in Accra, Ghana

From: Factors affecting malnutrition in children and the uptake of interventions to prevent the condition

Characteristic

 

Crude OR [95 % CI]

p-value

Adjusted OR [95 % CI]2

p-value

Age category

     
 

≤24 months

3.32 [1.40-8.73]

0.003

4.65 [1.73-12.55]

0.002

 

25-59 months

1.00

 

1.00

 

Monthly family income

 

≤200 GH Cedis1

4.20 [2.41-7.48]

<0.001

2.93 [1.59-5.42]

0.001

 

>200 GH Cedis1

1.00

 

1.00

 

Admission status

 

In-patient

3.70 [2.01-7.04]

<0.001

2.10 [0.98-4.50]

0.057

 

Out-patient

1.00

 

1.00

 

Birth weight

     
 

Low (<2.5 kg)

2.58 [1.13-6.26]

0.014

2.65 [1.09-6.45]

0.032

 

Normal (≥2.5 kg)

1.00

 

1.00

 

An episode of diarrhoea (within last 6 months)

 

Yes

3.02 [1.94-4.73]

<0.001

2.23 [1.36-3.66]

0.002

 

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Developmental delay

 

Yes

11.75 [3.52-61.11]

<0.001

12.09 [2.68-54.57]

0.001

 

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Hospital admission (in the past one year)

 

Yes

2.55 [1.60-4.07]

<0.001

1.70 [0.93-3.10]

0.086

 

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Passage of worm status in last 6 months

 

Passed worm

2.11 [0.44-13.23]

0.285

-

-

 

No worm passage

1.00

   

Sickness episode (in past 1 month)

 

Yes

1.25 [0.81-1.93]

0.291

-

-

 

No

1.00

   
  1. 11.00$ = 2.00GH Cedis; 2Varibales with p < 0.2 in the univariate analysis were entered into the multivariate analysis model in addition to age category and family income level; OR = Odds ratio; CI = Confidence interval