Table 4.

Selected predictors of malnutrition and dietary diversity among children 6-23 months of age in rural Ethiopia, multivariate regression

Variables	β(95% CI)	P values
Model 1: Post-harvest WLZ
Child received minimum meal frequency	-0.029(-0.63,-0.05)	0.092
Age of mothers (years)	-0.047(-0.07, -0.019)	0.001
Height of mothers	-0.048(-0.08,-0.019)	0.002
Age of child as greater or less than 12 months	-0.057(-0.93,-0.023)	0.002
Model 2: Post-harvest IDDS
Women dietary diversity score (WDDS)	0.2(0.01 0.37)	0.042
Age of the child (months)	0.84(0.52, 1.2)	<0.001
Model 3: Pre-harvest LAZ
Child MUACZ score	0.37(0.21,0.52)	<0.001
Age of the child (months)	-0.042(-0.08,0.001)	0.47
IDDS	0.13(-0.022,0.28)	0.093
Region	0.13(-0.28,0.54)	0.5
Model 4: Pre-harvest WLZ
Age of mothers (years)	-0.033(-0.06,-0.01)	0.02
Child MUACZ score	0.36(0.22,0.49)	<0.001
Region	-0.067(-0.44,0.31)	0.71
IDDS	0.42(-0.03,0.86)	0.068
Model 5: Pre-harvest IDDS
WDDS	0.44(0.33,0.55)	<0.001
Age of mothers (years)	0.023(-0.004, 0.05)	0.092
Region	0.21(-0.16,0.58)	0.27

Age and height of the mother are predictors of WlZ in post-harvest season while only age of the mother is significant in pre-harvest season. WDDS is significantly associated with IDDS in both seasons. As MUAC of the children increase the LAZ of the children also significantly increase. LAZ: Length-for-Age Z-score, β, coefficient for the predictor value; MUACZ: Mid Upper Arm Circumference for Age Z-score; WLZ: Weight‐for‐Length Z-score. IDDS: Infant Dietary Diversity Score; WDDS: Women Dietary Diversity Score