Childhood exposure to armed conflict and nutritional health outcomes in Nigeria

Table 2 Association between childhood (any) experience of armed conflict and nutritional health status of children aged 36–59 months in Nigeria

Measures of childhood experiences of armed conflicts	Adjusted odd ratios [95% Confidence Intervals]
Measures of childhood experiences of armed conflicts	Stunted	Wasting	Underweight
Frequency of attack	2.52*** [1.96,3.25]	0.30 [0.04,1.98]	2.33* [1.19,4.59]
Intensity of attack	1.01*** [1.01,1.01]	0.97 [0.93,1.00]	1.01** [1.00,1.03]
Duration of attack	1.21 [0.84,1.75]	0.82 [0.02,35.27]	1.02 [0.59,1.74]

Models adjusted for maternal age, maternal highest educational attainment, maternal age group, maternal BMI, household wealth, place of residence, child’s age, child’s anaemia status, breastfeeding. See Additional file 1: Table S2 for full model results
***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05

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