Table 4 Factors associated with wasting among children aged under five years at Dabat District, northwest Ethiopia, 2015
Variables | Wasting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Crude Odds Ratio | Adjusted Odds Ratio | |
Initiation of breastfeeding | ||||
Early initiation | 96 | 523 | 1 | 1 |
Late initiation | 119 | 446 | 1.45 (1.08,1.96) | 1.43 (1.04,1.95)* |
Vitamin-A supplementation in the past one year | ||||
Yes | 178 | 762 | 1 | 1 |
No | 37 | 207 | 0.77(0.56, 1.13) | 0.79 (0.53, 1.18) |
Complementary feeding initiation | ||||
Timely | 108 | 577 | 1 | 1 |
Early | 27 | 117 | 1.23(0.77, 1.96) | 1.12 (0.71, 1.86) |
Late | 80 | 275 | 1. 55 (1.13, 2.15) | 1.27 (0.91, 1.79) |
Exclusive breastfeeding | ||||
Yes | 124 | 621 | 1 | 1 |
No | 91 | 348 | 1.31 (0.97, 1.77) | 0.94 (0.59, 1.49) |
Dietary Diversity Score | ||||
Poor (<4 food groups) | 207 | 907 | 1.77 (0.83, 375) | 2.08 (1.53, 4.46)* |
Good (≤4 food groups) | 8 | 62 | 1 | 1 |
Main source of food | ||||
Own production | 686 | 136 | 1 | 1 |
Purchasing | 245 | 75 | 1.54(1.12, 2.12) | 1.19 (0.81, 1.72) |
Other | 38 | 4 | 0.53(0.19, 1.51) | 0.49 (0.17, 1.44) |
Wealth status | ||||
Poor | 85 | 362 | 1.03 (0.73, 1.46) | 0.96 (0.67, 1.48) |
Medium | 59 | 296 | 0.87(0.59, 1.27) | 1.08 (0.72, 1.62) |
Rich | 71 | 311 | 1 | 1 |
Maternal vitamin-A supplementation | ||||
Yes | 38 | 254 | 1 | 1 |
No | 177 | 715 | 1.66 (1.13, 2.42) | 1.55 (1.04, 2.30)* |
Pregnancy feeding practice | ||||
As usual | 72 | 416 | 1 | 1 |
Less than the pre-pregnancy | 141 | 533 | 1.53(1.12, 2.09) | 1.66 (0.98, 2.28) |
Greater than the pre-pregnancy | 2 | 20 | 0.59 (0.14, 2.64) | |
Marital status | ||||
Currently unmarried | 38 | 93 | 2.02 (1.34, 3.05) | 0.76 (0.47, 1.25) |
Currently married | 177 | 876 | 1 | 1 |
Mother’s employment | ||||
Housewife | 101 | 582 | 1 | 1 |
Farmer | 62 | 252 | 1.42 (1.00, 2.01) | 1.27 (0.89, 1.82) |
Other | 52 | 135 | 2.22 (1.51, 3.26) | 2.31 (1.56, 3.42)* |
Bottle feeding | ||||
Yes | 13 | 45 | 1.32 (0.70, 2.50) | 1.26 (0.65, 2.43) |
No | 202 | 924 | 1 | |