Association of food consumption patterns and nutritional status of children under 5 years from rural households in Northern regions, Namibia

Angula, Maria; Ishola, Anthony; Tjiurutue, Muvari; Chigonga, Nozizwe; Sulyok, Michael; Krska, Rudolf; Ezekiel, Chibundu N.; Misihairabgwi, Jane

doi:10.1186/s40795-024-00833-1

Table 8 Cross tabulation of food consumed and anthropometric data in Oshana and Oshikoto regions using Chi-square

From: Association of food consumption patterns and nutritional status of children under 5 years from rural households in Northern regions, Namibia

Variable	Regions	Underweight	Wasting (WHZ)	Wasting (MUAC)	Stunting	Overweight
Frequency of food consumption	Oshana	0.972	0.669	0.336	0.796	0.955
Frequency of food consumption	Oshikoto	0.895	0.213	<0.001^**	0.604	0.912
Amount of food consumed	Oshana	0.009	0.059	<0.001^**	0.304	0.929
Amount of food consumed	Oshikoto	0.636	0.469	0.543	0.760	0.181
Minimum dietary diversity	Oshana	0.667	0.280	0.531	0.747	0.182
Minimum dietary diversity	Oshikoto	0.560	0.854	0.907	0.341	0.549
Minimum acceptable diet	Oshana	0.233	0.781	0.525	0.378	0.242
Minimum acceptable diet	Oshikoto	0.895	0.895	0.845	0.825	0.980
Minimum meal frequency	Oshana	0.795	0.205	0.067	0.484	0.702
Minimum meal frequency	Oshikoto	0.595	0.055	<0.001**	0.615	0.623
Minimum milk feeding frequency	Oshana	0.348	0.698	0.438	0.144	0.313
Minimum milk feeding frequency	Oshikoto	0.637	0.826	0.504	0.848	0.921
Length of breastfeeding	Oshana	0.865	0.857	0.252	0.039	0.403
Length of breastfeeding	Oshikoto	0.515	0.055	0.033	0.360	<0.001**
Pearl millet thick/ thin porridge	Oshana	0.809	0.787	0.759	0.707	0.815
Pearl millet thick/ thin porridge	Oshikoto	0.888	0.025	<0.001**	0.747	0.722
Maize thick/thin porridge	Oshana	0.417	0.642	0.491	0.033	0.697
Maize thick/thin porridge	Oshikoto	0.637	0.311	0.490	0.848	0.772
Beans	Oshana	0.797	0.939	0.931	0.733	0.005^**
Beans	Oshikoto	0.398	0.678	0.247	0.762	0.679
Oshikundu	Oshana	-	-	-	-	-
Oshikundu	Oshikoto	0.637	0.490	0.311	0.848	0.772
Ombidi	Oshana	0.582	0.260	0.842	0.674	0.170
Ombidi	Oshikoto	0.835	0.494	0.548	0.718	0.153
Fresh fish	Oshana	0.495	0.824	0.800	0.658	0.296
Fresh fish	Oshikoto	0.047	< 0.001^**	0.290	0.323	0.476
Chicken	Oshana	0.738	0.920	0.908	0.813	0.025
Chicken	Oshikoto	0.790	0.826	0.504	0.848	0.772
Beef	Oshana	0.537	0.842	0.821	0.056	0.232
Beef	Oshikoto	0.506	0.529	0.548	0.878	0.404
Dried fish	Oshana	0.206	0.840	0.606	0.401	0.093
Dried fish	Oshikoto	0.497	0.538	0.050	0.139	0.200
Rice	Oshana	0.090	0.206	0.136	0.178	0.540
Rice	Oshikoto	0.461	0.806	0.060	0.687	0.037
Macaroni	Oshana	0.406	0.393	0.278	0.123	0.460
Macaroni	Oshikoto	0.017	0.051	0.517	0.151	0.279
Milk	Oshana	-	-	-	-	-
Milk	Oshikoto	0.509	0.556	0.856	0.642	0.537
Potatoes	Oshana	-	-	-	-	-
Potatoes	Oshikoto	0.160	0.020	0.123	0.226	0.967

^**Significant at p<0.05 and after Bonferroni correction (p≤ adjusted significance level) -constant

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