Determinants of infant growth in Eastern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Adjusted logistic regression for LAZ < -2.

Adjusted LAZ < -2, total: 723	LAZ < -2 OR	95% CI	LAZ < -2 OR	95% CI	LAZ < -2 OR	95% CI	LAZ < -2 OR	95% CI
	Stage 1		Stage 2		Stage 3		Stage 4
Inherent factors
Gender of infant	0.70	0.46–1.07	0.66	0.41–1.08	0.63	0.41–0.97^c	0.62	0.39–0.97^c
Girl	1.14	1.08–1.21^a	1.15	1.07–1.22^a	1.17	1.10–1.25^a	1.10	1.03–1.19^b
Age constant (0–11 cont)
Underlying factors
Mean sub-county wealth
Highest	1.00
Mid	1.06	0.65–1.72
Lowest	1.64	1.00–2.71^c
Distal factors
Houshold wealth
Top 20%			1.00		1.00		1.00
Mid 40%			1.65	0.74–3.68	1.71	0.87–3.36	1.30	0.62–2.73
Lowest 40%			3.50	1.57–7.78^b	3.10	1.56–6.15^a	2.70	1.39–5.28^b
Intermediate factors
Infant has siblings
Yes					0.43	0.24–0.79^b	0.60	0.38–0.94^c
Proximal factors
Mixed feeding/Replacement feeding
Yes							2.71	1.02–7.13^c

^a p ≤ 0.001, ^b p ≤ 0.01, ^c p ≤ 0.05
Significant factors in addition to age and gender presented according to the hierarchical conceptual framework in figure 1.

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