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Table 5 Crude and adjusted association between dietary diversity and anthropometric failure among children of 6–23 months of age in Tanzanian Demographic and Health Surveys (2005–2015)

From: The burden and correlates of childhood undernutrition in Tanzania according to composite index of anthropometric failure

Variables

 

TDHS 2015 (N = 3070)

 

TDHS 2010 (N = 2207)

 

TDHS 2005 (N = 2399)

N (%)

Crude PR

Adjusted PRa

N (%)

Crude PR

Adjusted PRa

N (%)

Crude PR

Adjusted PRa

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

Dietary Diversity

  ≥ 4 food groups

788 (25.6)

1.0

1.0

220 (10)

1.0

1.0

349 (14.5)

1.0

1.0

  < 4 food groups

2282 (74.3)

1.11(0.99–1.24)

1.11(0.99–1.24)

1987 (90)

1.04(0.88–1.21)

1.05(0.89–1.22)

2050 (85.4)

1.05(0.92–1.19)

1.05(0.92–1.19)

  1. a- Adjusted for gender, diarrhea, fever and place of residence; 1.0 = Reference category, CI = confidence interval; PR = Prevalence ratio