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Table 5 bivariate and multivariate analysis of the study population for HIV positive children under 15 years of age attending ART care at public health institutions in Southern Ethiopia, 2021

From: Under-nutrition and associated factors among children on ART in Southern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study

Variable and Category

Stunting

Bi-variable logistic regression analysis

Multi-variable logistic regression analysis

Yes, N (%)

No N (%)

p-value

COR with 95%CI

AOR with 95% CI

P-Value

Sex of the child

 Male

149 (66.7%)

179 (49.4%)

 

1

  

 Female

7 (33.3%)

183 (50.6%)

0.132

2.045 (0.806–5.184)

1.489 (0.535–4.145)

0.446

History of admission

 Yes

16 (76.2%)

178 (49.2%)

0.022

3.308 (1.187–9.220)

4.938 (1.629–14.966)

0.005*

 No

5 (23.8%)

184 (50.8%)

 

1

  

WHO Clinical

 Stage IV

4 (19.0%)

122 (33.7%)

.954

0.959 (0.234–3.924)

0.928 (0.217–3.956)

0.919

 Stage III

3 (14.3%)

88 (24.3%)

.048

3.324 (1.009–10.948)

3.982 (1.113–14.251)

0.034*

 Stage II

10 (47.6%)

35 (9.7%)

.243

2.507 (0.535–11.740)

3.168 (0.630–15.946)

0.162

 Stage I

4 (19.0%)

117 (32.3%)

1

   

Can read and write

 Yes

8 (38.1%)

201 (55.5%)

0.125

2.029 (0.821–5.014)

1.443 (0.536–3.885)

0.468

 No

13 (61.9%)

161 (44.5%)

 

1

  

Marital status

 Unmarried

8 (38.1%)

93 (25.7%)

0.215

1.780 (0.715–4.430)

1.239 (0.442–3.472)

0.683

 Married

13 (61.9%)

269 (74.3%)

 

1

  

Current CD4 count

 > =500

5 (23.8%)

157 (43.4%)

 

1

  

 350–499

8 (38.1%)

77 (21.3%)

0.044

3.262 (1.033–10.305)

3.490 (1.016–11.985)

0.047*

 200–359

8 (38.1%)

128 (35.4%)

0.247

1.962 (0.627–6.145)

2.589 (0.774–8.663)

0.123

Having recurrent oral lesion

 No

3 (14.3%)

143 (39.5%)

 

1

  

 Yes

18 (85.7%)

219 (60.5%)

.031

3.918 (1.133–13.542)

3.932 (1.094–14.126)

0.036*

  1. 1 = reference
  2. *p-value less than 0.05