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Table 3 Binomial logistic regression model examining the determinants of MdSAa and SSb

From: Burden of moderate to severe anaemia and severe stunting in children < 3 years in conflict-hit Mount Cameroon: a community based descriptive cross-sectional study

Factors

Moderate to severe anaemia

Severe stunting

Odds Ratio (OR)

95%(CI)

P-value

Odds Ratio (OR)

95%(CI)

P-value

Age

  

0.023

  

0.105

0.1.-1.0 year

1.69

1.02–2.81

0.042

0.56

0.31–0.98

0.043

1.1–2.0 years

1.94

1.19–3.17

0.008

0.98

0.54–1.52

0.712

cMale

1.02

0.68

1.52

1.34

0.86–2.09

0.196

Site

  

0.572

  

< 0.001

Dibanda

0.77

0.437–1.37

0.377

0.29

0.13–0.63

0.001

Ekona

1.02

0.64–1.63

0.923

1.23

0.76–2.00

0.394

Educational level

  

< 0.001

  

0.634

No formal

32.84

13.69–78.76

<  0001

0.73

0.28–1.88

0.513

Primary

2.56

1.11–5.91

0.028

0.70

0.27–1.79

0,451

Secondary

1.20

0.51–2.84

0.673

0.56

0.22–1.42

0.221

Feeding habit

  

0.111

  

0.991

NBF

1.55

0.91–2.64

0.109

0.96

0.54–1.72

0.892

EBF

1.55

0.99–2.54

0.086

0.99

0.57–1.72

0.966

d Microcytosis

1.08

0.69–1.69

0.735

1.28

0.75–2.16

0.365

e Severe stunting

1.81

1.04–3.14

0.035

–

–

–

f Moderate to severe anaemia

   

1.77

1.04–3.01

0.035

  1. a Moderate to severe anaemia (MdSA) = children with Hb ≤ 10 g/dL
  2. b Severe stunting (SS) = children with a HA z-score of < −3
  3. c Male = 1 Female = 0
  4. d Microcytosis (MCV < 67 fL in children under 2 years of age and < 73 fL in children 2 to 5 years of age) = 1 Normal = 2
  5. e SS = 1 Normal = 0
  6. f MdSA = 1 Normal = 0
  7. P- values in bold are statistically significant
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