Table 5 Factors associated with food aversion during pregnancy in Boricha woreda, Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia, 2019
Variable | Food aversion | COR (95%CI) | AOR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes N (%) | No N (%) | ||||
Age | 19–23 | 99 (71.2) | 40 (28.2) | 2.37 (1.36–4.10) | 2.02 (0.87–4.66) |
24–28 | 145 (77.1) | 43 (32.1) | 3.22 (1.89–5.49) | 3.04 (1.72–5.35)*** | |
29–33 | 53 (67.9) | 25 (24.5) | 2.03 (1.08–3.80) | 2.00 (1.02–3.92)* | |
≥34 | 47 (51.1) | 45 (48.9) | 1 | 1 | |
Residence | Urban | 74 (68.5) | 34 (31.5) | 0.95 (0.60–1.51) | 0.64 (0.33–1.25) |
Rural | 270 (69.4) | 119 (30.6) | 1 | 1 | |
Educational status of women | No formal education | 104 (69.8) | 45 (30.2) | 0.84 (0.43–1.64) | 1.01(0.47–2.15) |
Primary | 152(68.2) | 71 (31.8) | 0.77 (0.41–1.47) | 0.91(0.44–1.86) | |
Secondary | 44 (67.7) | 21 (32.3) | 0.76 (0.35–1.65) | 0.78 (0.34–1.76) | |
Tertiary | 44 (73.3) | 16 (26.7) | 1 | 1 | |
Parity | Primi | 84 (75) | 28 (25) | 1.44 (0.89–2.32) | 1.38 (0.64–2.98) |
Multi | 260 (67.5) | 125 (32.5) | 1 | 1 | |
ANC | Yes | 247 (73.7) | 88 (26.3) | 1.88(0.99–2.29) | – |
No | 97 (59.9) | 65 (40.1) | 1 | – | |
Nausea | Yes | 212 (75) | 70(25) | 1.90(1.29–2.79) | 1.77 (1.16–2.70)** |
No | 132 (61.4) | 83 (38.6) | 1 | 1 | |
Skipping meal | Yes | 73 (71.6) | 29(28.4) | 1.15(0.71–1.86) | – |
No | 271 (68.6) | 124(31.4) | 1 | – | |
Additional meal | Yes | 115 (76.7) | 35(23.3) | 1.69(1.09–2.62) | 1.68 (1.02–2.75)* |
No | 229 (66) | 118(34) | 1 | 1 | |
Nutritional status | Well-nutrition | 212 (63.2) | 113 (34.8) | 0.56(0.37–0.86) | 0.38 (0.23,0.62)*** |
Under nutrition | 132 (76.7) | 40 (23.3) | 1 | 1 | |