Associated Factors of Wasting among Infants and Young Children (IYC) in Kuyu District, Northern Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 7

Selected associated factors of wasting.

Variables	Odds ratio
	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Mother’s educational status
Illiterate	2.1 (1.9-7.4)	1.8 (1.01-4.32)
Able to read and write	1.2 (1.3-5.42)	1.23 (0.65-3.12)
Elementary school and above	1.0	1.0
Diarrhoea
Yes	1.24 (2.3-11.1)	2.3 (1.98-4.56)
No	1.0	1.0
Exclusively breastfeeding
Yes	1.0	1.0
No	1.85 (1.04-3.67)	2.46 (1.40-4.58)
Antenatal care visits
Yes	1.0	1.0
No	1.26 (1.25-1.93)	2.21 (1.32-3.48)
Wealth index
High	1.0	1.0
Middle	1.04 (1.05-2.14)	1.12 (0.98-3.45)
Low	1.40 (1.02-3.81)	1.66 (1.07-4.47)

value < 0.25 in the bivariate analysis and value < 0.05 in the multivariate analysis and .