Table 3 Factors associated with SAM in children aged 6 - 59 months
From: Diet and nutritional status among hospitalised children in Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia
Variable | SAM | Crude analysis | Adjusted analysis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No (%) | Yes (%) | Total | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
Inherent | |||||||||
Sex | |||||||||
Female | 83 (79.3) | 33 (47.1) | 116 (63.7) | ref | ref | ||||
Male | 31 (26.3) | 35 (50.0) | 66 (36.3) | 2.84 | 2.67 - 3.01 | < 0.001 | 4.62 | 2.30 - 9.16 | < 0.001 |
Age child | - | - | - | 1 | 0.97 - 1.03 | 0.863 | - | - | - |
Immediate factors | |||||||||
DDS7 | - | - | - | 0.74 | 0.66 - 0.84 | < 0.001 | 0.78 | 0.65 - 0.95 | 0.012 |
HAZ | - | - | - | 0.83 | 0.83 - 0.83 | < 0.001 | 1.02 | 0.91 - 1.13 | 0.767 |
Hospital admission last 12 months? | |||||||||
No | 79 (66.9) | 35 (50.0) | 114 (60.6) | ref | - | - | - | ||
Yes | 39 (33.1) | 35 (50.0) | 74 (39.4) | 2.02 | 0.94 - 4.32 | 0.068 | - | - | - |
Symptoms of diarrhoea, fever or cough two weeks prior to admission | |||||||||
No | 63 (53.4) | 25 (35.7) | 88 (46.8) | ref | ref | ||||
Yes | 55 (46.6) | 45 (64.3) | 100 (53.2) | 2.06 | 1.38 - 3.07 | < 0.001 | 1.37 | 0.88 - 2.11 | 0.162 |
Mothers education | |||||||||
No school | 37 (31.4) | 29 (41.4) | 66 (35.1) | ref | ref | ||||
Primary | 44 (37.3) | 29 (41.4) | 73 (38.8) | 0.84 | 0.45 - 1.56 | 0.584 | 1.5 | 0.51 - 4.39 | 0.454 |
Secondary | 36 (30.51) | 10 (14.3) | 46 (24.5) | 0.35 | 0.30 - 0.40 | < 0.001 | 1.92 | 0.41 - 9.10 | 0.409 |
Occupation mother | |||||||||
Unemployed | 87 (73.7) | 52 (74.3) | 139 (73.9) | ref | - | - | - | ||
Employed | 31 (26.7) | 17 (24.3) | 17 (24.3) | 0.92 | 0.38 - 2.23 | 0.849 | - | - | - |
Fathers education | |||||||||
No school | 28 (23.7) | 14 (20.0) | 42 (22.3) | ref | ref | ||||
Primary | 29 (24.6) | 32 (45.7) | 61 (31.5) | 2.2 | 2.14 - 2.27 | < 0.001 | 1.42 | 1.16 - 1.74 | 0.001 |
Secondary | 58 (49.2) | 12 (17.1) | 70 (37.2) | 0.41 | 0.28 - 0.60 | < 0.001 | 0.42 | 0.37 - 0.48 | < 0.001 |
Fathers occupation | |||||||||
Unemployed | 56 (47.5) | 42 (60.0) | 98 (52.1) | ref | ref | ||||
Employed | 59 (50.0) | 19 (27.1) | 78 (41.5) | 0.43 | 0.22 - 0.84 | 0.013 | 1.41 | 0.59 - 3.37 | 0.433 |
SE-index | |||||||||
Lowest index group | 27 (23.7) | 35 (50.0) | 62 (33.7) | ref | ref | ||||
Middle index group | 36 (31.6) | 25 (35.7) | 61 (33.2) | 0.54 | 0.27 - 1.05 | 0.07 | 0.3 | 0.24 - 0.37 | < 0.001 |
Highest index group | 51 (44.7) | 10 (14.3) | 61 (33.2) | 0.15 | 0.06 - 0.38 | < 0.001 | 0.11 | 0.01 - 1.29 | 0.081 |
Food security | |||||||||
Insecure | 49 (41.5) | 35 (50.0) | 84 (44.7) | ref | - | - | - | ||
Secure | 55 (46.6) | 32 (45.7) | 87 (46.3) | 0.81 | 0.20 - 3.23 | 0.771 | - | - | - |