Table 3 Multivariate analysis comparing the nutritional status of children of teenage and adult mothers
From: Young maternal age is a risk factor for child undernutrition in Tamale Metropolis, Ghana
Characteristics | Unadjusted Model | Adjusted Modela | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Crude Odds Ratio (95% confidence interval) | p-value | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% confidence interval) | p-value | |
Stunting | ||||
Children of adult mothers | Reference | Reference | ||
Children of teenage mothers aged 15–17 years | 9.33 (4.36–19.96) | < 0.001 | 9.97 (4.20–23.65) | < 0.001 |
Children of teenage mothers aged 18–19 years | 6.89 (3.87–12.25) | < 0.001 | 7.08 (3.85–13.00) | < 0.001 |
All children of teenage mothers | 7.50 (4.37–12.86) | < 0.001 | 7.56 (4.20–13.63) | < 0.001 |
Wasting | ||||
Children of adult mothers | Reference | Reference | ||
Children of teenage mothers aged 15–17 years | 3.16 (0.91–10.91) | 0.069 | 2.48 (0.62–9.90) | 0.198 |
Children of teenage mothers aged 18–19 years | 3.32 (1.22–9.04) | 0.019 | 3.01 (1.06–8.55) | 0.038 |
All children of teenage mothers | 3.27 (1.26–8.49) | 0.015 | 2.90 (1.04–8.04) | 0.041 |
Underweight | ||||
Children of adult mothers | Reference | Reference | ||
Children of teenage mothers aged 15–17 years | 17.19 (5.81–50.86) | < 0.001 | 19.80 (5.97–65.73) | < 0.001 |
Children of teenage mothers aged 18–19 years | 10.28 (3.82–27.67) | < 0.001 | 11.49 (4.14–31.87) | < 0.001 |
All children of teenage mothers | 12.04 (4.62–31.39) | < 0.001 | 12.78 (4.69–34.81) | < 0.001 |