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Table 3 Risk factors for severe underweight in children aged less than 5 years

From: Socio-economic risk factors for early childhood underweight in Bangladesh

Factors

 

Severe Underweight (%)

N

OR

95% CI

Household member

<=3

8.82

2449

  

4--6

8.69

10,904

0.89

(0.75–1.05)

> = 7

9.13

3780

0.98

(0.80–1.20)

Age (Months)

0--5

6.57

1872

  

6–11

6.86

1851

1.25

(0.94–1.66)

12–23

9.02

3749

1.81

(1.40–2.34)***

24–35

11.16

3530

2.32

(1.80–3.00)***

36–47

9.74

3212

2.04

(1.56–2.65)***

48–59

7.33

2919

1.48

(1.12–1.95)***

Gender

Male

9.25

8853

  

Female

8.33

8280

0.90

(0.80–1.00)

Area

Urban

6.91

2719

  

Rural

9.16

14,414

0.96

(0.80–1.15)

Division

Dhaka

8.63

4345

  

Barisal

9.87

1652

1.06

(0.86–1.32)

Chittagong

10.10

3346

1.06

(0.89–1.26)

Khulna

5.60

2392

0.68

(0.55–0.85)**

Rajshahi

7.72

1762

0.86

(0.69–1.06)

Rangpur

8.03

2229

0.82

(0.67–1.00)

Sylhet

13.08

1407

1.34

(1.09–1.66)**

Education of mother

None

12.79

4129

  

Primary incomplete

10.87

2493

0.93

(0.78–1.10)

Primary complete

8.99

2637

0.79

(0.66–0.95)*

Secondary incomplete

6.77

5926

0.78

(0.65–0.92)**

Secondary complete or higher

3.70

1948

0.69

(0.49–0.97)*

Education of father

None

11.81

5428

  

Primary incomplete

9.98

2454

0.93

(0.79–1.09)

Primary complete

9.60

2145

1.02

(0.86–1.22)

Secondary incomplete

6.46

3175

0.79

(0.65–0.95)*

Secondary complete or higher

3.96

2399

0.66

(0.50–0.88)**

Wealth index quintile

Poorest

12.59

4979

  

Second

10.28

3745

0.93

(0.80–1.08)

Middle

8.30

3203

0.80

(0.67–0.96)*

Fourth

5.55

2830

0.51

(0.40–0.64)***

Richest

3.11

2376

0.32

(0.23–0.46)***

Child drank plain water yesterday

Yes

8.65

14,619

  

No

9.77

2487

1.45

(1.21–1.73)***

Child drank milk yesterday

Yes

7.28

4013

  

No

9.28

13,105

0.94

(0.81–1.09)

Child ate vitamin yesterday

Yes

7.67

1551

  

No

8.93

15,559

1.01

(0.81–1.25)

Toilet facility

Flush latrine

6.44

4100

  

Pit latrine

8.73

10,677

0.91

(0.76–1.08)

Hanging latrine

14.40

1333

1.01

(0.80–1.28)

Others

11.81

1016

0.96

(0.73–1.26)

Salt iodization test

Not iodized 0 PPM

10.46

4619

  

More than 0 PPM and less than 15 PPM

10.33

3486

1.04

(0.89–1.21)

15 PPM or more

7.38

8750

0.94

(0.82–1.08)

No salt in the household

7.01

157

0.79

(0.42–1.47)

Number of under five children

   

1.17

(1.02–1.33)*

  1. *** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.0