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Table 7 Adjusted model for factors related with infant underweight

From: Complementary feeding practices among mothers and nutritional status of infants in Akpabuyo Area, Cross River State Nigeria

Predictors

Odds ratio (95% CI)

p

Minimum dietary diversity

 Met (Reference)

1.00

 

 Not met

2.07 (1.17–3.70)

0.013

Gender of child

 Male (Reference)

1.00

 

 Female

0.34 (0.27–0.61)

0.000

Mother’s income

 ≤30,000 (Reference)

1.00

 

 ≥30,000

0.98 (0.48–1.96)

0.951

Maternal occupation

 Housewife (Reference)

1.00

 

 Full/par-time job

1.47 (0.74–2.58)

0.262

Parity

 1 (Reference)

1.00

0.181

 2

0.71 (0.07–7.69)

0.784

 ≥3

2.27 (0.25–10.0)

0.459

Birth order of child

 First (Reference)

1.00

0.557

 Second

1.00

0.685

 Third

1.61 (0.15–12.66)

0.844

 Fourth

0.78 (0.07–8.33)

0.603

 >Fourth

1.85 (0.18–13.00)

0.921

Child sick in the previous 1 month

 No (Reference)

1.00

 

 Yes

1.80 (1.07–3.01)

0.027

  1. Model Chi-Square = 29.822, p = 0.001, Negelkerk R2 = 0.678