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Table 3 Adjusted hazard ratios (multivariate analysis) from the Cox Proportional Hazards model with time to menarche as response variable.

From: Food insecurity and age at menarche among adolescent girls in Jimma Zone Southwest Ethiopia: a longitudinal study

Covariates

Adjusted HR (95% CI)

P

Adolescent Food insecurity

  

   Food secure

1.000

 

   Mild food insecurity

0.936 (0.756,1.158)

0.542

   Moderate/Severe food insecurity

0.496 (0.276,0.892)

0.019

Place of Residence

  

   Jimma City

1.000

 

   Small Towns

0.859 (0.705,1.045)

0.128

   Rural

0.885 (0.951;1.126

 

Nutritional status(Height for age z-score)

  

   Normal

1.000

 

   Stunted

0.551 (0.402;0.755)

< 0.001

Work Index

0.997 (0.992;1.003)

0.383

Household income Tertiles

  

   Low

1.000

 

   Middle

1.004 (0.818,1.233)

0.968

   High

1.195 (0.967,1.476)

0.098

Head of the household

  

   Male

1.000

 

   Female

1.135 (0.927,1.389)

0.220

  1. Source: Jimma Longitudinal Family Survey of Youth; Round 1, 2005-2006; Round 2, 2006-2007.
  2. Data on predictors were collected one year before the dependent variable (age at menarche).
  3. HR = Hazard Ratio.
  4. CI = confidence interval.
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

ISSN: 1477-7827

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