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Table 5 Stunting, under-weight and wasting distributions and bivariate analysis stratified by sex, residence and age group

From: Malaria, anaemia and under-nutrition: three frequently co-existing conditions among preschool children in rural Rwanda

Variables

Stunting

Under weight

Wasting

N (%)

OR (95 % CI), P-value

N (%)

OR (95 % CI), P-value

N (%)

OR (95 % CI), P-value

Sex

      

 Male

404 (42.93)

1.146 (0.953–1.377), 0.147

167 (17.75)

1.346 (1.049–1.727), 0.020

79 (8.41)

0.897 (0.652–1.235), 0.506

 Female

373 (39.64)

1

130 (13.82)

1

87 (9.28)

1

Age-group

      

 6–11

84 (37.33)

1

25 (11.11)

1

22 (9.78)

1

 12–23

191 (43.91)

1.314 (0.945–1.827), 0.105

59 (13.56)

1.255 (0.763–2.066), 0.371

41 (9.45)

0.963 (0.558–1.660), 0.891

 24–35

193 (44.47)

1.344 (0.967–1.869), 0.079

78 (17.97)

1.753 (1.082–2.840), 0.023

38 (8.84)

0.894 (0.515–1.553), 0.692

 36–47

146 (39.25)

1.084 (0.771–1.525), 0.641

65 (17.47)

1.694 (1.033–2.777), 0.037

32 (8.63)

0.871 (0.493–1.540), 0.635

 48–59

163 (39.18)

1.081 (0.774–1.511), 0.646

70 (16.83)

1.618 (0.993–2.639), 0.053

33 (7.93)

0.795 (0.451–1.399), 0.427

Residence

      

 Biharwe

114 (38.51)

1

52 (17.57)

1

27 (9.12)

1

 Gatanga

217 (45.78)

1.348 (1.003–1.812), 0.048

83 (17.51)

0.996 (0.680–1.459), 0.984

38 (8.03

0.870 (0.519–1.458), 0.598

 Gikundamvura

148 (39.78)

1.055 (0.771–1.442), 0.738

64 (17.20)

0.975 (0.652–1.458), 0.902

35 (9.46)

1.041 (0.614–1.763), 0.881

 Kindama

160 (37.83)

0.971 (0.715–1.318), 0.852

58 (13.71)

0.746 (0.496–1.121), 0.158

38 (9.0)

0.986 (0.588–1.654), 0.957

 Ruhuha

138 (43.53)

1.231 (0.891–1.699), 0.207

40 (12.62)

0.678 (0.433–1.059), 0.088

28 (8.89)

0.972 (0.558–1.692), 0.920

  1. P values for categorical variables were based on the χ2 test
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval