House ownership, frequency of illness, fathers’ education: the most significant socio-demographic determinants of poor nutritional status in adolescent girls from low income households of Lahore, Pakistan

Table 6 Final model of bivariate regression showing association of most significant variables with below normal BMI among adolescent girls

Variable	OR	95% C.I.for EXP(B)		AOR	95% C.I for EXP(B)
Variable	OR	Lower	Upper	AOR	Lower	Upper	Sig.
Frequency of illness	3.194	1.418	7.198	2.996	1.198	7.491	.019
House ownership	3.002	1.367	6.596	3.513	1.366	9.031	.009
Average household income	2.379	.919	6.156	2.901	.975	8.630	.055
Frequency of food shortage	.842	.382	1.856	.431	.164	1.133	.088
Fathers’ education	3.456	1.544	7.737	2.941	1.187	7.287	.020
Type of Family structure	.688	.292	1.619	.411	.145	1.168	.095
Constant				470.844			.003

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