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Table 5 Logistic regression analysis of predictors of underweight among women (BMI ≤18.5, n = 649)

From: Household food insecurity access: a predictor of overweight and underweight among Kenyan women

  

95% CI for odds ratio

 

B (SE)

Lower

Odds

Upper

Underweight

Marital status

0.249 (0.53)

0.45

1.28

3.64

Education

0.343 (0.46)

0.57

1.41

3.50

SOL

-0.186 (0.13)

0.65

0.83

1.07

No. of children

0.198 (0.19)

0.84

1.22

1.78

HFIAS

0.013 (0.03)

0.96

1.01

1.07

Dietary diversity

-0.020 (0.15)

0.73

0.98

1.32

Age

-0.093* (.05)

0.83

0.91

1.004

Residence (urban)

-0.568 (0.42)

0.25

0.57

1.295

Constant

-0.093 (1.67)

   
  1. Model x2 (1) = 21.59; HFIAS: Household food insecurity access scale, SOL: Standard of living, No.: Number, SE: Standard error: *P=0.05.