From: Childhood undernutrition in three disadvantaged East African Districts: a multinomial analysis
Variables | Mildly stunted | Moderately Stunted | Severely stunted | |||
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AOR (95%CI) | P-value | AOR (95%CI) | P-value | AOR (95%CI) | P-value | |
District (Country) | ||||||
 Gicumbi (Rwanda) | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
 Kitgum (Uganda) | 1.10 (0.94,1.29) | 0.227 | 0.47 (0.40,0.57) | < 0.001 | 0.18 (0.15,0.23) | < 0.001 |
 Kilindi (Tanzania) | 0.92 (0.76,1.10) | 0.342 | 0.93 (0.77,1.1) | 0.495 | 0.67 (0.52,0.82) | < 0.001 |
Household wealth index | ||||||
 Poorest | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
 Middle | 1.09 (0.95,1.26) | 0.209 | 1.07 (0.91,1.26) | 0.397 | 1.04 (0.86,1.26) | 0.679 |
 Least Poor | 1.37 (1.18,1.59) | < 0.001 | 1.30 (1.09,1.5) | 0.003 | 1.36 (1.11,1.67) | 0.003 |
Primary caregiver | ||||||
 Mother | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
 Others | 0.85 (0.72,1.00) | 0.056 | 0.73 (0.59,0.91) | 0.005 | 0.45 (0.32,0.64) | < 0.001 |
Sex of the baby | ||||||
 Male | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
 Female | 0.81 (0.73,0.90) | < 0.001 | 0.69 (0.61,0.78) | < 0.001 | 0.54 (0.47,0.62) | < 0.001 |
Child’s Age in months | ||||||
 0–23 months | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
 24–59 months | 2.18 (1.91,2.49) | < 0.001 | 2.53 (2.16,2.97) | < 0.001 | 2.45 (2.03,2.96) | < 0.001 |
Diarrhoea | ||||||
 No diarrhoea | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |
 Had diarrhoea | 1.13 (0.97,1.31) | 0.126 | 1.28 (1.07,1.53) | 0.008 | 1.80 (1.45,2.33) | < 0.001 |