Table 2 Factors associated with nutritional status of pregnant women in Silte Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2019, (n = 417)

Age of the women in years

15–20

49

21

1

1

21–25

94

23

0.109

0.57 (0.29,1.13)

0.102

0.26 (0.05,1.31)

26–30

125

38

0.283

0.71 (0.38,1.33)

0.400

0.52 (0.11,2.4)

31–35

46

6

0.019

0.3 (0.11,0.82)

0.041

0.15 (0.03,0.93)

> = 36

12

3

0.44

0.58 (0.15,2.28)

0.506

0.49 (0.06,4.01)

Employment status of husband

Unemployed

222

66

1

1

Government employee

61

19

0.876

1.05 (0.58,1.88)

0.905

1.06 (0.44,2.56)

Private employee

23

2

0.101

0.29 (0.07,1.27)

0.106

0.15 (0.07,1.5)

Birth interval

One year

10

9

1

1

Two years

86

19

0.00

0.25 (.009,0.69)

0.003

0.10 (0.02,0.44)

Three years

101

29

0.02

0.32 (0.12,0.86)

0.020

0.18 (0.04,0.76)

Four years

23

5

0.03

0.24 (0.06,0.91)

0.009

0.10 (0.02,0.57)

Five and above years

11

1

0.04

0.10 (0.01,0.95)

0.045

0.07 (0.01,0.95)

Gestational age

1st trimester

5

3

1

1

2nd trimester

111

21

0.133

0.32 (0.07,1.42)

0.505

0.42 (0.034,5.3)

3rd trimester

210

67

0.396

0.53 (0.12,2.28)

0.717

0.64 (0.06,7.39)

Daily meal frequency

> 3

90

42

1

1

≤3

236

49

0.001

0.45 (0.28,0.72)

0.739

0.87 (0.39,1.94)

Nutrition knowledge

Poor

142

62

1

1

Good

184

29

0.000

0.36 (0.22,0.59)

0.002

0.34 (0.17,0.67)

Dietary change as result of current pregnancy

Yes

230

34

1

1

No

96

57

0.000

4.02 (2.47,6.54

0.000

6.02 (2.99,12.14)