Acute malnutrition and its determinants of preschool children in Bangladesh: gender differentiation

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Effects of socio-demographic factors on acute malnutrition of preschool children

Independent variables	Coefficient (β)	SE of (β)	p-value	Adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR)	95% CI of AOR	Individual contribution, (%)
Children’s age (in month)						14.96
6–23	0.83	0.33	0.013	2.29	1.20–4.37
24–59®				1.00
Gender of children						8.76
Boy	−0.54	0.34	0.120	0.59	0.36–1.15
Girl®				1.00
Mother’s age (in year)						10.95
< 20	1.12	0.53	0.036	3.06	1.08–8.66
≥ 20–29	− 0.032	0.39	0.895	0.95	0.44–2.04
≥ 30®				1.00
Child birth weight						5.84
Normal birth weight ≥ 2500 g	−0.85	0.45	0.07	0.43	0.18–1.02
Low birth weight < 2500 g®				1.00
Household monthly income (Taka)						15.33
< 5000	1.10	0.41	0.030	3.08	1.11–8.12
≥ 5000–9999	0.39	0.48	0.424	1.47	0.57–3.79
≥ 10,000®				1.00
Household having hygienic latrine						16.42
No	1.02	0.31	0.001	2.81	1.52–5.09
Yes®				1.00
Children received zinc treatment during diarrhea						9.12
No	0.57	0.35	0.101	1.77	0.89–3.51
Yes®				1.00
Religion						10.95
Islam	−0.88	0.41	0.030	0.42	0.19–0.92
Other®				1.00
Household having electricity						7.67
No	0.54	0.36	0.132	1.72	0.85–3.49
Yes®				1.00
Constant	−2.99	0.74	0.001	0.05
Goodness of fit	Hosmer and Lemeshow Test		Chi-square value = 3.65		p-value = 0.887

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