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Table 3 Major determinants of nutrient adequacy ratio, diet diversity score, and diet quality index in mothers with children under two years by the linear regression model

From: Food insecurity, body mass index, socio-economic status, and food intake in lactating and non-lactating mothers with children under two years

Predictors

NAR

DDS

DQI-I

Beta

P-value

95% CI for Beta

Beta

P-value

95% CI for Beta

Beta

P-value

95% CI for Beta

Mother age (year)

0.02

0.76

(-0.13, 0.18)

0.01

0.39

(-0.02, 0.05)

-0.01

0.78

(-0.11, 0.08)

Mother’s occupational status

-1.34

0.02

(-2.50, -0.18)

-0.31

0.02

(-0.59, -0.04)

-0.47

0.18

(-1.17, 0.23)

Mother’s education

1.63

0.00

(0.62, 2.63)

0.40

0.00

(0.16, 0.64)

1.42

< 0.001

(0.80, 2.03)

Economic status

0.96

0.00

(0.35, 1.57)

0.31

< 0.001

(0.17, 0.46)

0.51

0.00

(0.14, 0.88)

Physiological status of mother

3.44

< 0.001

(2.47, 4.40)

0.14

0.23

(-0.09, 0.37)

0.79

0.00

(0.20, 1.38)

Household food security status (USDA)

-0.25

0.76

(-1.91, 1.40)

-0.21

0.29

(-0.61, 0.18)

0.56

0.26

(-0.43, 1.57)

House size (m 2 )

-0.03

0.02

(-0.06, -0.01)

-0.01

0.18

(-0.01, 0.01)

-0.00

0.69

(-0.02, 0.01)

Family size

0.37

0.54

(-0.85, 1.60)

-0.03

0.83

(-0.32, 0.26)

-0.00

0.98

(-0.75, 0.73)

Father’s job

-3.16

0.34

(-9.68, 3.35)

-0.75

0.34

(-2.31, 0.81)

-0.51

0.79

(-4.47, 3.44)

Father education

-0.54

0.32

(-1.63, 0.53)

-0.04

0.75

(-0.30, 0.22)

-0.47

0.15

(-1.13, 0.18)

  1. Economic status was evaluated by a questionnaire and was classified according to appliances of life [14]: low: 3 or less than 3; moderate:4–6; high: 7–9
  2. NAR: Nutrient Adequacy Ratio, DDS: Dietary Diversity Score, DQI-I: Diet Quality Index-International. P-value < 0.05 was considered significant