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

BMC Nutrition

Table 5 Multiple regression assessing the association between DDS and Length-for-Age Z-score adjusting for relevant confounding factors among the follow-up children in PHS^a

Variables	n ^c (%)	β	95% CI	P-value
DDS during HS	266	0.16	0.01, 0.30	0.03
HAZ during HS	266	0.33	0.23, 0.43	<0.001
Age of the mother
< 20 years	54 (21.1)	Reference
20–34 years	181 (68.3)	0.43	0.01, 0.80	0.02
≥ 35 years	27 (10.6)	0.66	0.04, 0.13	0.01
Diarrhea^b
No diarrhea	199 (74.8)	Reference
Diarrhea Present	67 (25.2)	−0.35	−0.67, −0.03	0.03
Maternal schooling
No formal schooling	217 (81.6)	Reference
Attended formal school	49 (18.4)	0.33	−0.05, 0.71	0.05
Socio-economic status
Low	71 (26.9)	Reference
Medium	94 (35.6)	0.41	0.06, 0.77	0.04
High	99 (37.5)	0.25	−0.10, 0.60	0.24

DDS Dietary diversity score, HAZ height-for-age z-score, HS harvest season
^aAnalysis of covariance was performed to determine predictors of growth at follow-up
^bDiarrhea in the previous 2 weeks of the follow up study
^cTotal numbers included in the analysis. Due to missing observations, the numbers for predicator variables “Age of the mother” and “Socioeconomic status” do not add up to 266

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