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Table 4 Logistic regression estimate of the effect of explanatory variables on child under nutrition

From: Household food insecurity and its association with nutritional status of under five children in Sekela District, Western Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Variable COR (95% CI) AOR(95% CI)
Stunting
 Age of child in months 1.03(1.01,1. 19)** 1.03(1.02,1.05)**
 Sex; 0 = male, 1 = female .633(.45, .91) .64(.44,.92)*
 Maternal education; 0 = No, 1 = yes .568(.362,.889)* .59(37,.95)*
 Vaccination; 0 = No, 1 = Yes .74(.51,1.06)  
 Frequency of child feeding 0 = ≤ 2 times/day, 1 = ≥3times/day .76(.54, 1.08) .63(.43,.93)*
 Toilet use; 0 = No, 1 = Yes .62(.43,.89)*  
 Food insecurity; 0 = No, 1 = yes 1.40(.94,2.10)  
 Initiation of breastfeeding; 0= >1 h, 1 = ≤ 1 h .92(.65,1.10)  
 Colostrum feeding; 0 = No, 1 = yes .45(.31,.65)** .50(.35,.73)**
 Prelacteal; 0 = No, 1 = Yes 1.10(.86,1.34)  
 Flue; 0 = No, 1 = yes 1.30(.85,1.98) 1.34(1.17,1.49)**
 Diarrhea; 0 = No, 1 = yes 1.62(1.07,.2.46)*  
Underweight
 Sex 0 = female, 1 = male 1.52(.99,2.31)  
 TV/Radio 0 = No, 1 = Yes .40(.23,.70)**  
 Colostrum 0 = No, 1 = Yes .66(.43,1.00)  
 Prelacteal 0 = No, 1 = Yes 1.39(.90,2.16)  
 Vaccinated 0 = No, 1 = Yes .65(.42,.99)  
 Maternal education 0 = illiterate, 1 = literate .79(.43, 1.34)  
 Food insecurity 0 = No, 1 = Yes 2.19(1.25, 3.81)** 2.25(1.29,3.94)**
 Time of initiation of breastfeeding 0 = <1 h, 1= > 1 h .71(.43,1.16)  
 Upper respiratory infection 0 = No, 1 = Yes 1.55(1.02,2.36)* 1.61(1.05,2.46)*
Wasting
 Age of the child .98(.96,1.00)  
 Fever 0 = No, 1 = Yes 2.44(1.41, 4.23)** 2.42(1.39,4.24)**
 Father’s education 0 = No, 1 = Yes 1.93(1.14,3.27)* 1.61(0.93,3.83)
 Maternal work involvement 0 = No, 1 = Yes .52(.31,.88)*  
 Animal possession .58(.29,1.18)  
 Prelacteal feeding 0 = No, 1 = Yes 1.71(1.01,2.91)* 1.74(1.00,3.03)
 Food insecurity 0 = No, 1 = Yes 1.79(.91,3.53) 2.01(1.01,4.04)*
  1. α significant at * p < 0.05, **α p < 0.01; COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval