Table 3.

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of the associations between dietary diversity score and nutritional status

		Bivariate	P-value	Multivariate	P-value
Weight for age (<−2 sd)
Dietary diversity score	n	OR (95 % CI)		AOR (95 % CI)
	36	0⋅34 (0⋅15, 1⋅76)	0⋅44	0⋅31 (0⋅13, 0⋅7)	0⋅02
3	119	0⋅91 (0⋅5, 1⋅54)	0⋅28	0⋅49 (0⋅26, 0⋅81)	0⋅01
4	39	0⋅76 (0⋅14, 3⋅81)	0⋅74	0⋅99 (0⋅94, 1⋅05)	0⋅62
5	57	0⋅46 (0⋅08, 2⋅23)	0⋅33	0⋅33 (0⋅09, 1⋅19)	0⋅26
6	22	1⋅32 (0⋅23, 6⋅86)	0⋅73	0⋅23 (0⋅52, 1⋅62)	0⋅76
Minimum dietary diversity < 4 (Food groups)		0⋅53 (0⋅29, 0⋅18)	0⋅38	0⋅25 (0⋅08, 0⋅75)	0⋅03
Height for age (<−2 sd)
Dietary diversity score	n
2	36	0⋅35 (0⋅15, 0⋅32)	0⋅02	0⋅22 (0⋅13, 0⋅76)	0⋅01
3	119	0⋅34 (0⋅33, 1⋅78)	0⋅45	0⋅29 (0⋅01, 0⋅84)	0⋅04
4	39	1⋅07 (0⋅31, 3⋅61)	0⋅91	0⋅22 (0⋅31, 0⋅64)	0⋅05
5	57	1⋅49 (0⋅53, 4⋅40)	0⋅46	0⋅57 (0⋅31, 1⋅05)	0⋅11
6	22	2⋅97 (0⋅85, 10⋅68)	0⋅09	0⋅16 (0⋅19, 1⋅38)	0⋅49
Minimum dietary diversity < 4 (Food groups)		0⋅69 (0⋅35, 1⋅38)	0⋅53	0⋅32 (0⋅14, 0⋅74)	0⋅01
Weight for height (<−2 sd)
Dietary diversity score	n
2	36	0. 54 (0⋅23, 1⋅32)	0⋅15	0⋅22 (0⋅16, 1⋅16)	0⋅19
3	119	0⋅85 (0⋅67, 1⋅08)	0⋅21	0⋅82 (0⋅64, 1⋅06)	0⋅13
4	39	1⋅19 (0⋅52, 2⋅76)	0⋅67	0⋅72 (0⋅44, 1⋅18)	0⋅26
5	57	0⋅96 (0⋅80, 1⋅21)	0⋅17	0⋅87 (0⋅68, 1⋅14)	0⋅12
6	22	0⋅98 (0⋅43, 2⋅36)	0⋅97	0⋅35 (0⋅64, 1⋅43)	0⋅34
Minimum dietary diversity < 4 (Food groups)		0⋅65 (0⋅43, 1⋅19)	0⋅68	0⋅33 (0⋅32, 1⋅13)	0⋅09

P < 0⋅05; adjusted for age, sex, income, marital status and employment CI confidence interval, OR (odds ratio) and AOR (adjusted odds ratio), the score of ≥4 was used as a reference category.