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Table 3 Association between Child illness and Malnutrition

From: Risk factors for malnutrition among preschool children in rural Karnataka: a case-control study

Factors

Case n = 190(%)

Control n = 380 (%)

Odds ratio (95%CI)

p value

History of present Illness of the child

 No

179 (94.2)

367 (96.6)

 

0.184

 Yes

11 (5.8)

13 (3.4)

1.73 (0.76–3.94)

 

Had Chronic infection (past)

 No

183 (96.3)

371 (97.6)

 

0.370

 Yes

7 (3.7)

9 (2.4)

1.57 (0.57–4.30)

 

Recurrent diarrhoea

 No

110 (57.9)

344 (90.5)

 

0.001

 Yes

80 (42.1)

36 (9.5)

6.94 (4.44–10.87)

 

Recurrent cold and cough

 No

12 (6.3)

152 (40.0)

 

0.001

 Yes

178 (93.7)

228 (60.0)

9.99 (5.38–18.57)

 

Poor appetite

 No

67 (35.3)

300 (78.9)

 

0.001

 Yes

123 (64.7)

80 (21.1)

6.88 (4.67–10.13)

 

Had worm infestation in the past

 No

107 (56.3)

326 (85.8)

 

0.001

 Yes

83 (43.7)

54 (14.2)

4.68 (3.11–7.03)