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Table 3 Multiple logistic regression for selected predictors vs maternal undernutrition and overweigh/obesity, N = 9949

From: Inequalities in maternal malnutrition in Ethiopia: evidence from a nationally representative data

	Model 1: undernutrition			Model 2: overweight/obesity
	Adjusted OR	95%CI	P Value	Adjusted OR	95%CI	P Value
Age of the women			< 0.001			< 0.001
15-24^RC
25–34	0.726	0.638–0.827	< 0.001	2.824	2.036–3.918	< 0.001
34 +	0.880	0.752–1.031	0.113	3.002	2.076–4.342	< 0.001
Place of residence
Urban^RC
Rural	1.651	1.286–2.121	< 0.001	0.368	0.271–0.0.500	< 0.001
Household size			0.003			< 0.001
0–3^RC
4–6	0.772	0.653–0.913	0.002	0.775	0.567–1.059	0.110
7 and above	0.731	0.607–0.880	0.001	1.242	0.878–1.755	0.220
Education of mothers			0.004			0.015
No education^RC
Primary level	0.825	0.727–0.935	0.003	1.442	1.125–1.849	0.004
Secondary and above	1.052	0.810–1.365	0.704	1.313	0.929–1.854	0.122
Education of father			0.273			< 0.001
No education
Primary level	0.943	0.845–1.052	0.292	0.577	0.450–0.741	< 0.001
Secondary and above	0.856	0.697–1.052	0.139	1.218	0.908–1.635	0.189
Religion			< 0.001			0.041
Orthodox Christians^RC
Muslims	1.101	0.985–1.230	0.090	1.336	1.067–1.673	0.012
Others	0.647	0.565–0.741	< 0.001	1.157	0.905–1.480	0.244
Wealth status			0.001			< 0.001
Poorest^RC
Poorer	0.784	0.684–0.898	< 0.001	0.886	0.611–1.286	0.525
Middle	0.0.821	0.714–0.944	0.006	0.832	0.566–1.224	0.351
Richer	0.843	0.725–0.979	0.025	1.527	1.078–2.162	0.017
Richest	0.698	0.555–0.876	0.0.002	3.973	2.742–5.758	0.000
Women’s work status
Not working^RC
Working	0.932	0.834–1.042	0.0.218	0.0.823	0.673–1.006	0.057
Household headship
Male^RC
Female	1.118	0.968–1.291	0.129	0.813	0.642–1.030	0.086
Constant	0.385		< 0.001	0.037		< 0.001

RC = reference category

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