Undernutrition and associated factors among urban children aged 24–59 months in Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study

Table 6 Factors associated with underweight among children aged 24–59 months in Aykel town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017

Variables	Underweight		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)
Variables	Yes	No	COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)
Maternal education
Unable to read and write	8	65	1.81 (0.45,7.18)	1.20 (0.27, 5.33)
Read and write only	2	2	14.67 (1.50,144)	15.00 (1.32, 17.10)
Primary education	12	46	3.83 (1.00,14.5)	2.10 (0.50,8.80)
Secondary education	15	117	1.88 (0.52,6.80)	1.50 (0.37,5.78)
Diploma and above	17	117	1	1
HHs Food security
Food secure	32	244	0.28 (0.10,0.80)	0.26 (0.08,0.82)*
Mild food insecure	16	90	0.38 (0.13,1.16)	0.35 (0.11, 1.36)
Moderately food insecure	6	13	1	1
Duration of breast feeding
Adequate	29	250	0.45 (0.25,0.80)	0.38 (0.20, 0.74)**
Inadequate	25	97	1	1
Dietary diversity score
≥ 4 food groups	3	75	0.21 (0.06,0.70)	0.16 (0.04, 0.57)**
< 4 food groups	51	272	1	1
Hand washing practice
Not good	31	122	2.48 (1.39,4.45)	2.50 (1.30,4.70)**
Good	23	225	1	1
Cow Milk feeding
Yes	38	291	0.46 (0.24,0.87)	0.35 (0.17,0.72)**
No	16	56	1	1
Meal frequency
< 3/day	17	101	1.12 (0.60,2.08)	1.10 (0.55,2.20)
≥ 3/day	37	246	1	1

* Statistically significant variables at p < 0.05, ** statistically significant variables at p < 0.01, the result of Hosmer and Lemshow test was> 0.15

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