Childhood undernutrition in three disadvantaged East African Districts: a multinomial analysis

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Table 3 Factors associated with mildly, moderately and severely wasted in children aged 0–59 months in three disadvantaged East African Districts

Variables	Mildly wasted		Moderately wasted		Severely wasted
Variables	AOR (95%CI)	P-value	AOR (95%CI)	P-value	AOR (95%CI)	P-value
District (Country)
Gicumbi (Rwanda)	1		1		1
Kitgum (Uganda)	3.90 (3.28, 4.65)	< 0.001	2.99 (2.22, 4.04)	< 0.001	1.94 (1.11, 3.39)	0.021
Kilindi (Tanzania)	0.66 (0.54, 0.80)	< 0.001	0.96 (0.68, 1.36)	0.824	0.46 (0.2, 0.89)	0.022
Maternal education level
No schooling	1		1		1
Primary	0.91 (0.81, 1.02)	0.096	0.91 (0.81, 1.02)	0.346	0.70 (0.9, 0.99)	0.043
Secondary+	0.99 (0.82, 1.21)	0.970	0.75 (0.53, 1.06)	0.101	0.77 (0.43, 1.41)	0.410
Household wealth index
Poorest	1		1		1
Middle	1.25 (1.08, 1.44)	0.002	1.02 (0.80, 1.29)	0.900	2.98 (1.96, 4.53)	< 0.001
Least Poor	1.02 (0.88, 1.18)	0.816	1.43 (1.14, 1.79)	0.002	1.59 (1.00, 2.53)	0.048
Primary caregiver
Mother	1		1		1
Others	0.96 (0.81, 1.14)	0.651	1.00 (0.77, 1.30)	0.992	0.36 (0.19, 0.67)	0.001
Sex of the baby
Male	1		1		1
Female	0.86 (0.77, 0.96)	0.006	0.84 (0.71, 1.00)	0.055	0.61 (0.44, 0.86)	0.004
Water availability all year
No	1		1		1
Yes	0.77 (0.67, 0.89)	< 0.001	0.75 (0.60, 0.95)	0.016	0.41 (0.24, 0.68)	0.001
Child’s Age in months
0–23 months	1		1		1
24–59 months	0.93 (0.82, 1.06)	0.279	1.23 (1.00, 1.52)	0.047	1.48 (1.00, 2.18)	0.048
Sources of drinking water
Improved	1		1		1
Unimproved	1.30 (1.13, 1.50)	< 0.001	0.95 (0.75, 1.22)	0.701	0.42 (0.25, 0.71)	0.001
Diarrhoea
No diarrhoea	1		1		1
Had diarrhoea	1.18 (1.02, 1.37)	0.030	2.26 (1.83, 2.80)	< 0.001	3.66 (2.51, 5.32)	< 0.001

Confounding factors adjusted for are: Socio-economic and demographic factors; child factors; child undernutrition status, maternal, health services and environmental factors and child’s health factors

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