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Table 5 Factors associated with wasting among children aged 6–24 months in Dabat District, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2015

From: Stunting, wasting and associated factors among children aged 6–24 months in Dabat health and demographic surveillance system site: A community based cross-sectional study in Ethiopia

Variables

Wasting

COR (95%CI)

AOR (95%CI)

Maternal education

Yes (#)

No (#)

  

 No formal education

64

353

0.80 (0.34,1.03)

0.67 (0.35,1.25)

 Primary education

14

62

0.74 (0.35,1.57)

0.73 (0.33,1.60)

 Secondary education and above

22

72

1.00

1.00

Maternal occupation

 Housewife

49

307

0.55 (0.32,1.05)

0.63 (0.34,1.14)

 Farmer

32

111

1.05 (0.55,1.99)

1.21 (0.63,2.33)

 Others

19

69

1.00

1.00

History of fever in the past 2 weeks

 Yes

49

188

1.53 (0.99,2.34)

1.07 (0.61,1.86)

 No

51

299

1.00

1.00

Diarrheal morbidity in the past 2 weeks

 No

64

380

1.00

1.00

 Yes

36

107

2.00 (1.26,3.16)

2.06 (1.29,3.30)*

  1. *Significant at a P-value of <0.05