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Table 3 Associations of ICFI and its components with LAZ and WLZ of children in the repeated cross-sectional study^b

From: Feeding practices and growth among young children during two seasons in rural Ethiopia

Variables	Harvest season (n = 296)					Preharvest season (n = 291)
	n	Mean LAZ (SD)	P-value^*	Mean WLZ (SD)	P-value^*	n	Mean LAZ (SD)	P-value^*	Mean WLZ (SD)	P-value^*
Tertile of ICFI
Low (reference)	152	−0.86 (1.41)		−0.66 (1.26)		132	−1.04 (1.23)		−0.78 (1.42)
Medium	97	−0.66 (1.43)	0.63	−0.59 (1.30)	0.39	119	−1.20 (1.48)	0.41	−0.70 (1.36)	0.21
High	47	−0.74 (1.35)	0.78	−0.63 (1.26)	0.50	40	−0.60 (1.25)	0.40	−0.80 (0.99)	0.96
Dietary diversity (24 h)^a
Low (reference)	140	−0.77 (1.47)		−0.65 (1.25)		157	−1.13 (1.28)		−0.75 (1.34)
Medium	99	−0.81 (1.38)	0.17	−0.62 (1.37)	0.50	75	−1.18 (1.51)	0.72	−0.87 (1.36)	0.74
High	57	−0.66 (1.31)	0.60	−0.63 (1.13)	0.42	59	−0.64 (1.18)	0.27	−0.61 (1.33)	0.43
Food group frequency (7d)^a
Low (reference)	62	−0.95 (1.51)		−0.67 (1.11)		34	−1.22 (1.31)		−0.79 (1.55)
Medium	75	−0.74 (1.52)	0.46	−0.84 (1.39)	0.66	52	−1.09 (1.41)	0.78	−0.74 (1.30)	0.93
High	159	−0.72 (1.31)	0.28	−0.52 (1.26)	0.52	205	−1.01 (1.31)	0.24	−0.74 (1.32)	0.96
Bottle feeding^a
Yes (reference)	56	−0.75 (1.43)		−0.68 (1.29)		32	−0.21 (1.22)		−0.25 (1.15)
No	240	−0.78 (1.41)	0.54	−0.62 (1.26)	0.39	259	−1.15 (1.31)	0.002	−0.80 (1.35)	0.15
Feeding frequency^a
Low (reference)	147	−0.88 (1.40)		−0.67 (1.30)		158	−1.09 (1.21)		−0.85 (1.41)
Medium	63	−0.55 (1.24)	0.18	−0.36 (1.19)	0.05	54	−1.12 (1.47)	0.44	−0.48 (1.51)	0.07
High	86	−0.76 (1.53)	0.92	−0.78 (1.25)	0.87	79	−0.91 (1.50)	0.79	−0.74 (1.03)	0.61

ICFI Infant and child feeding index, LAZ length-for-age z-score, WLZ weight-for-length z-score
^* P-values are from multiple linear regression models controlling for confounding variables using backward stepwise selection. The association of individual components and LAZ and WLZ were modeled separately
^aThe low, medium and high categories are based on the scoring given for the each component of infant and child feeding index as 0, +1 and +2 respectively as described in Table 1
^bAll analyses are adjusted for child and maternal characteristics and household socioeconomic status in the multivariate regression model

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