Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Lactating Mothers in Dega Damot Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Multivariable logistic regression analysis showing factors associated with undernutrition among lactating women who had children aged 6 to 23 months in Dega Damot Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia, March-April 2018 (n = 733).

Variables	Undernutrition		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Yes	No
Marital status
Unmarried	31	51	2.46 (1.51, 4.00)
Married	129	522	1	1
Age of first pregnancy
<18 years	61	83	3.64 (2.45, 5.40)
≥18 years	99	490	1	1
Have ANC visit
No	72	177	1.83 (1.28, 2.62)	1.55 (0.93, 2.56)
Yes	88	396	1	1
Number of pregnancy
>5 pregnancies	43	42	4.65 (2.90, 7.43)
≤5 pregnancies	117	531	1	1
Place of delivery
Home	96	307	1.30 (0.91, 1.85)	0.63 (0.38, 1.05)
Health facility	64	266	1	1
Dietary diversity
Inadequate	145	420	3.52 (2.00, 6.18)
Adequate	15	153	1	1
Food security status
Insecure	63	61	5.45 (3.60, 8.24)
Secure	97	512	1	1

Significant at value <0.05; 1: reference group; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; COR: crude odds ratio.