Table 2 Predictors of underweight in the...

Table 2

Predictors of underweight in the children

Variable	Moderately underweight			Severely underweight
Variable	Coef	AOR	95% CI	p-value	Coef	AOR	95% CI	p-value
Child fed from separate bowl
Yes	−1.473	0.229	0.096–0.547	0.001*	−1.054	0.348	0.057–2.129	0.254
No	Reference
Mothers' knowledge of protein foods
Yes	−0.99	0.372	0.145–0.956	0.040*	−3.091	0.045	0.005–452	0.008*
No	Reference
Initiation of complementary feeding (months)
<6	−1.505	0.222	0.056–0.879	0.032*	−2.286	0.106	0.006–1.622	0.106
At 6	−1.061	0.346	0.123–0.971	0.044*	−1.351	0.238	0.028–2.437	0.238
>6	Reference
Age of mother (years)
<20	2.247	9.455	1.499–59.620	0.017*	1.095	2.989	0.275–32.53	0.369
20–30	0.054	1.056	0.214–5.204	0.947	−21.728	0.036	0.036–0.066
31–40	0.966	2.626	0.440–15.674	0.289	−0.309	0.734	0.064–8.354	0.803
>40	Reference

Variable	Moderately underweight			Severely underweight
Variable	Coef	AOR	95% CI	p-value	Coef	AOR	95% CI	p-value
Child fed from separate bowl
Yes	−1.473	0.229	0.096–0.547	0.001*	−1.054	0.348	0.057–2.129	0.254
No	Reference
Mothers' knowledge of protein foods
Yes	−0.99	0.372	0.145–0.956	0.040*	−3.091	0.045	0.005–452	0.008*
No	Reference
Initiation of complementary feeding (months)
<6	−1.505	0.222	0.056–0.879	0.032*	−2.286	0.106	0.006–1.622	0.106
At 6	−1.061	0.346	0.123–0.971	0.044*	−1.351	0.238	0.028–2.437	0.238
>6	Reference
Age of mother (years)
<20	2.247	9.455	1.499–59.620	0.017*	1.095	2.989	0.275–32.53	0.369
20–30	0.054	1.056	0.214–5.204	0.947	−21.728	0.036	0.036–0.066
31–40	0.966	2.626	0.440–15.674	0.289	−0.309	0.734	0.064–8.354	0.803
>40	Reference

Note(s): Reference category is normal weight (−2<Score <+2), final model sig = 0.000, Goodness of fit sig = 1.000, pseudo R-square = 650, CI = confidence interval, AOR = Adjusted odds ratio, Coef = coefficient. p-values are significant at p < 0.05

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