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Table 2. Effects of explanatory variables on child nutritional status (95% CI; binary logistic regression models, estimators for the
selected attributes) among children (209,377) aged 0-59 months NFHS-4.
Variables Stunting Underweight Wasting
OR 95% C.I. OR 95%C.I. OR 95% C.I
Age in months
0-6 1.00 1.00 1.89 1.83-1.96
7-12 1.35 1.28-1.41 1.11 1.06-1.16 1.55 1.50-1.60
13-24 3.17 3.05-3.30 1.48 1.42-1.54 1.17 1.13-1.20
25-59 2.94 2.84-3.05 1.70 1.65-1.76 1.00
Size at birth
Large 1.00 1.00 1.00
Average Size 1.09 1.07-1.24 1.09 1.06-1.12 1.02 0.99-1.05
Small size 1.47 1.42-1.52 1.65 1.59-1.71 1.26 1.21-1.31
Birth order
1 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 1.08 1.06-1.11 1.08 1.06-1.10 1.03 1.00-1.05
3 1.15 1.11-1.18 1.12 1.09-1.15 1.02 0.98-1.05
4 and above 1.27 1.23-1.30 1.15 1.12-1.18 0.97 0.94-1.01
Mother’s nutritional status
BMI <18.5 1.24 1.21-1.26 1.67 1.63-1.70 1.43 1.39-1.46
BMI 18.5<BMI <25.0 1.00 1.00 1.00
BMI >25.0 0.77 0.75-0.80 0.66 0.641-0.68 0.68 0.66-0.71
Mothers education
No education 1.71 1.65-1.78 1.67 1.61-1.72 1.15 1.10-1.19
<5 years education 1.54 1.47-1.61 1.47 1.40-1.54 1.04 0.99-1.10
5-7 years education 1.44 1.39-1.49 1.41 1.37-1.47 1.08 1.04-1.13
8-9 education 1.28 1.24-1.32 1.25 1.20-1.29 1.02 0.98-1.07
10-11 education 1.15 1.10-1.19 1.16 1.11-1.20 1.05 1.00-1.09
12 years or more 1.00 1.00 1.00
Wealth index
Poorest 2.14 2.05-2.22 2.11 2.02-2.19 1.25 1.19-1.30
Poorer 1.77 1.70-1.84 1.62 1.56-1.68 1.06 1.01-1.10
Middle 1.48 1.43-1.54 1.35 1.30-1.40 1.01 0.97-1.05
Richer 1.22 1.17-1.26 1.19 1.14-1.23 1.01 0.97-1.05
Richest 1.00 1.00 1.00
Caste/tribe
SC 1.29 1.25-1.33 1.29 1.25-1.33 1.11 1.07-1.15
ST 1.04 1.01-1.07 0.99 0.96-1.03 1.10 1.05-1.14
OBC 1.21 1.18-1.24 1.25 1.21-1.28 1.10 1.06-1.13
Other caste 1.00 1.00 1.00
Constant 0.08 0.18 0.16
For the factor child’s age in months, for stunting and underweight, reference was taken as 0-6 months and for wasting, reference was taken as 25-59 months. CI: Confidence
interval and OR: Odds ratio.

3.2.3. Risk factors for wasting
As shown in Table 2, the strongest determinant of acute malnutrition is identified as the mother’s nutritional status. The
children whose mother’s BMI is below normal (BMI <18.5) were at higher risk of being wasted than those of children

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