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

BMC Pediatrics

Table 4 Factors associated with mildly, moderately and severely underweights in children aged 0–59 months in three disadvantaged East African Districts

Variables	Mildly underweight		Moderately underweight		Severely underweight
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)	5.66 (4.48, 7.19)	< 0.001	11.64 (7.09, 19.11)	< 0.001	1.11 (0.60, 2.07)	0.741
Kilindi (Tanzania)	1.00 (0.76, 1.32)	0.997	1.93 (1.08, 3.47)	0.027	0.20 (0.10, 0.40)	< 0.001
Household wealth index
Poorest	1		1		1
Middle	0.92 (0.77, 1.11)	0.393	0.47 (0.33, 0.67)	< 0.001	1.65 (1.03, 2.66)	0.038
Least Poor	0.89 (0.74, 1.07)	0.211	1.25 (0.95, 1.64)	0.107	1.48 (0.92, 2.35)	0.103
Sex of the baby
Male	1		1		1
Female	1.30 (1.12, 1.50)	< 0.001	0.75 (0.59, 0.95)	0.018	1.31 (0.90, 1.91)	0.154
Attended child monthly growth monitoring sessions
Yes	1		1		1
No	1.11 (0.93, 1.32)	0.232	1.33 (1.02, 1.74)	0.036	2.19 (1.44, 3.35)	< 0.001
Child’s Age in months
0–23 months	1		1		1
24–59 months	0.50 (0.43, 0.59)	< 0.001	0.39 (0.30, 0.51)	< 0.001	0.30 (0.18, 0.49)	< 0.001
Sources of drinking water
Improved	1		1		1
Unimproved	1.12 (0.92, 1.36)	0.267	0.94 (0.65, 1.35)	0.727	3.28 (2.07, 5.19)	< 0.001
Type of toilet facility
Improved	1		1		1
Unimproved	2.29 (1.37, 3.85)	0.002	1.42 (0.73, 2.75)	0.302	0.59 (0.27, 1.31)	0.198
Diarrhoea
No diarrhoea	1		1		1
Had diarrhoea	1.21 (1.01, 1.44)	0.044	1.17 (0.87, 1.54)	0.267	8.90 (5.59, 14.17)	< 0.001
ARI
No ARI	1.00		1.00		1.00
Had ARI	0.69 (0.56,0.84)	< 0.001	1.18 (0.90,1.56)	0.235	1.87 (1.19,2.91)	0.006

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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