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

BMC Pediatrics

Table 6 Uptake of interventions associated with malnutrition in 371 children attending PML hospital in Accra, Ghana

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	1.90 [0.38-9.48]	0.431
	25-59 months	1.00		1.00
Monthly family income
	≤200 GH Cedis¹	4.20 [2.41-7.48]	<0.001	1.98 [0.65-6.01]	0.229
	>200 GH Cedis¹	1.00		1.00
Number of antenatal visits
	Inadequate/none	4.72 [2.21-10.96]	<0.001	4.31 [1.01-19.12]	0.049
	Adequate	1.00		1.00
Number of postnatal visits
	< Two visits	2.60 [1.48-4.67]	<0.001	0.84 [0.27-2.55]	0.753
	≥Two visits	1.00		1.00
De-worming status (in last 6 months)
	Not de-wormed	3.68 [1.80-8.00]	<0.001	8.47 [1.99-36.01]	0.004
	De-wormed	1.00		1.00
Received breastfeeding/nutritional counselling
	No	13.27 [1.92-570.13]	0.002	Not estimable³	Not estimable
	Yes	1.00
Growth monitoring indicator status
	Faltering	13.95 [6.87-28.56]	<0.001	21.40 [8.74-52.41]	<0.001
	Growing well	1.00		1.00
BCG vaccine
	No	0.97 [0.01-76.65]	0.983	-	-
	Yes	1.00
Penta-3 vaccine
	No	1.64 [0.31-10.69]	0.501	-	-
	Yes	1.00
Measles vaccine
	No	1.61 [0.75-3.56]	0.189	0.56 [0.15-2.02]	0.373
	Yes	1.00		1.00
Vitamin A status
	Not up to date	1.13 [0.67-1.91]	0.633	-	-
	Up to date	1.00

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; ³Not estimable due to coll inearity; OR = Odds ratio; CI = Confidence interval

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