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Table 4 Factors associated with thinness among school aged children in Lay Armachiho, northwest, Ethiopia

From: Prevalence and determinants of pre-adolescent (5–14 years) acute and chronic undernutrition in Lay Armachiho District, Ethiopia

Variables

Thinness

COR[95% CI]

AOR [95% CI]

Yes(#)

No(#)

Age of the child

 5–9 years

42

468

1

1

 10–14 years

42

296

1.58 (0.96, 2.48)

1.58 (0.98,2.48)

Dietary diversity

 Minimum diversity

26

308

0.66 (0.41, 0.98)

0.64 (0.39, 0.97)*

 Poor diversity

58

455

1

1

Occupation of the house hold heads

 Merchant

10

126

1

1

 Farmer

42

417

1.27 (0.62, 2.60)

1.10 (0.52, 2.31)

 Governmental employed

9

58

1.96 (0.75, 5.07)

2.16 (0.81, 5.75)

 Not employed

23

163

1.78 (0.82, 3.87)

1.62 (0.73, 3.57)

Age of the household heads

 > = 35

26

232

1

1

 36–49

40

423

0.84 (0.50, 1.42)

0.75 (0.44, 1.30)

 50–65

13

88

1.32 (0.65, 2.68)

1.08 (0.50, 2.34)

 > 65

5

21

2.13 (0.74, 6.11)

2.00 (0.67, 5.96)

  1. * = Statistically significant at P value of < 0.05