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Table 4 Factors associated with wasting, Damot Gale, 2016

From: Prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors in children aged 6–59 months among rural dwellers of damot gale district, south Ethiopia: community based cross sectional study

Characteristics

Categories

Wasting

COR at 95% CI

AOR 95% CI

No (N, %)

Yes (N, %)

Maternal occupation

Agriculture

285(78.7)

27(75)

1.00

1.00

Off-farm

64(17.7)

6(16.7)

0.98(0.54–1.81)

1.06(0.41–2.74)

Non-farm

13(3.6)

3(8.3)

2.43((1.03–5.75)*

7.06(1.31–38.21)**

Diarrhea

No

331(91.4)

11(30.6)

1.00

1.00

Yes

31(8.6)

25(69.4)

24.26(14.39–40.91)*

39.55(13.68–114.3)**

ANC

No

120(33.1)

21(58.3)

1.00

1.00

Yes

242(66.9)

15(41.7)

0.35(0.22–0 .55)*

0.18 (0.07–0.45)**

  1. *p-value < 0.2, **p-value < 0.05