Table 3 Bi-variable analysis of factors associated with malnutrition at the start of the malaria transmission season
Risk factor | Stunting (N = 2511) | Wasting (N = 2508) | Underweight (N = 2516) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence n/N (%) | Odds ratiob (95% CI) | P-value | Prevalence n/N (%) | Odds ratiob (95% CI) | P-value | Prevalence n/N (%) | Odds ratiob (95% CI) | P-value | |
Gender | |||||||||
 Male | 420/1338 (31.4) | 1 |  | 157/1337 (11.7) | 1 |  | 331/1341 (24.7) | 1 |  |
 Female | 376/1173 (32.1) | 1.06 (0.89–1.26) | 0.5 | 115/1171 (9.8) | 0.81 (0.63–1.05) | 0.1 | 293/1175 (24.9) | 1.03 (0.86–1.24) | 0.8 |
Ethnicity | |||||||||
 Fula | 426/1066 (40.0) | 1 |  | 125/1068 (11.7) | 1 |  | 322/1071 (30.1) | 1 |  |
 Mandinka | 297/1201 (24.7) | 0.49 (0.40–0.61) | <0.001 | 117/1194 (9.8) | 0.81 (0.60–1.09) | 0.2 | 235/1198 (19.6) | 0.56 (0.45–0.70) | <0.001 |
 Others | 71/240 (29.6) | 0.63 (0.45–0.90) | 0.01 | 29/242 (12.0) | 1.03 (0.64–1.65) | 0.9 | 66/243 (27.2) | 0.86 (0.60–1.22) | 0.4 |
Village location | |||||||||
 South bank | 396/1220 (32.5) | 1 |  | 136/1218 (11.2) | 1 |  | 310/1222 (25.4) | 1 |  |
 North bank | 400/1291 (31.0) | 0.93 (0.71–1.22) | 0.6 | 136/1290 (10.5) | 0.94 (0.71–1.25) | 0.7 | 314/1294 (24.3) | 0.95 (0.74–1.22) | 0.7 |
House construction | |||||||||
 Modern | 400/1445 (27.7) | 1 |  | 169/1442 (11.7) | 1 |  | 347/1447 (24.0) | 1 |  |
 Traditionala | 396/1066 (37.1) | 1.44 (1.19–1.73) | <0.001 | 103/1066 (9.7) | 0.81 (0.62–1.06) | 0.1 | 277/1069 (25.9) | 1.04 (0.86–1.27) | 0.7 |
Slept under an LLIN | |||||||||
 No | 3/16 (18.8) | 1 |  | 3/16 (18.8) | 1 |  | 5/16 (31.3) | 1 |  |
 Yes | 749/2351 (31.9) | 1.91 (0.53–6.95) | 0.3 | 249/2349 (10.6) | 0.49 (0.14–1.77) | 0.3 | 579/2356 (24.6) | 0.73 (0.24–2.16) | 0.6 |
House received DDT-IRS | |||||||||
 No | 396/1248 (31.7) | 1 |  | 126/1251 (10.1) | 1 |  | 306/1254 (24.4) | 1 |  |
 Yes | 400/1263 (31.7) | 0.97 (0.74–1.27) | 0.8 | 146/1257 (11.6) | 1.16 (0.87–1.54) | 0.3 | 318/1262 (25.2) | 1.00 (0.78–1.29) | 1.0 |