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Table 5 Evaluation of the relationship between parental health literacy levels and anthropometric measurements of children with Ordinal Logit Regression Analysis

From: The relationship between parental health literacy levels and anthropometric measurements of children in Turkey

Independent Variable

Estimate

S.E

Wald

OR

95% CI for OR

p value

Lower

Upper

Level of child self-assessment

       

Excellent

2.20

0.36

37.53

9.01

4.46

18.21

< 0.001

Very good

1.04

0.32

10.30

2.81

1.49

5.30

0.001

Good

0a

      

Weight for age SDS level of child

       

Underweight

3.15

0.90

12.31

23.37

4.01

135.95

< 0.001

Normal

2.89

0.75

15.08

18.07

4.19

77.88

< 0.001

Overweight

0a

      

Height for age SDS level of child

       

Tall height

2.62

0.75

12.18

13.70

3.15

59.60

< 0.001

Normal height

0.38

0.43

0.75

1.45

0.62

3.407

0.385

Short height

0.55

0.40

1.87

1.73

0.79

3.80

0.171

Stunted height

0a

      

BMI for age SDS level of child

       

Weak

-0.52

0.70

0.54

0.59

0.15

2.35

0.461

Normal

0.01

0.46

0.00

1.01

0.41

2.49

0.978

Overweight/Obese

0a

      
  1. S.E = Standart Error. OR = Odds ratio. BMI = Body Mass Index, SDS = Standart Deviation Score, Chi-Square = 106.315 df = 15 p < .001. R-Square = Cox and Snell = 0.245. Link function: Logit.
  2. a. This parameter is set to zero because it is redundant