Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) improves undernutrition among ART-treated, HIV-positive children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Table 2 Multiple logistic regression; effectiveness of RUTF among HIV positive children

Variable	WAZ < −2SD				WHZ < −2SD				HAZ < −2SD
	AOR	95% C.I. for AOR		P-Value	AOR	95% C.I. for AOR		P-Value	AOR	95% C.I. for AOR		P-Value
		Lower	Upper			Lower	Upper			Lower	Upper
RUTF
No	1.00				1.00				1.00
Yes	0.19	0.04	0.78	0.021	0.24	0.07	0.81	0.021	0.80	0.41	1.57	0.511
Age (Ref <38 months)	0.96	0.21	4.38	0.960	0.44	0.12	1.66	0.225	0.72	0.35	1.50	0.379
Sex
Male	1.00				1.00				1.00
Female	0.14	0.03	0.70	0.016	0.96	0.30	3.04	0.944	1.44	0.75	2.77	0.271
Birth weight
≥ 2500	1.00				1.00				1.00
< 2500	4.77	1.16	19.67	0.031	4.88	1.52	15.63	0.008	1.66	0.80	3.45	0.176
Caregiver's education
≤ Primary	1.00				1.00				1.00
≥ Secondary	0.11	0.01	1.28	0.077	0.41	0.08	2.22	0.300	0.84	0.36	1.97	0.687
ART duration
≤12 months	1.00				1.00				1.00
>12 months	2.79	0.51	15.16	0.235	0.91	0.24	3.44	0.885	1.40	0.60	3.26	0.435
Employment status
Un employed	1.00				1.00				1.00
Employed	0.56	0.12	2.56	0.451	2.35	0.56	6.93	0.296	0.59	0.29	1.20	0.146
Economic status
Low	1.00				1.00				1.00
High	0.06	0.01	0.36	0.002	0.28	0.08	0.98	0.047	1.33	0.67	2.62	0.410
Food security
Secured	1.00				1.00				1.00
Insecure	16.24	1.08	244.43	0.044	10.77	1.60	72.54	0.015	1.60	0.57	4.42	0.371
Hunger	15.99	1.70	150.56	0.015	4.55	0.87	23.99	0.074	6.93	3.35	14.33	<0.001

Adjusted for; Age, Sex, Birth weight, Care giver's education level, ART duration, employment status, House hold wealth and Food Security.

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