Table 3. Association between infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicators and diarrhoea in sub-Saharan African countries, with high burden of diarrhoea mortality.

	Unadjusted	P	¥Adjusted	P
IYCF indicators	OR 95%(LCI-UCI)	value	OR 95%(LCI-UCI)	value
Early initiation of breast feeding
No	1.00		1.00
Yes	0.83 (0.79–0.87)	<0.001	0.81 (0.77–0.85)	<0.001
Exclusive breast feeding
No	1.00		1.00
Yes	0.51 (0.45–0.59)	<0.001	0.50 (0.43–0.57)	<0.001
Predominant breast feeding
No	1.00		1.00
Yes	1.04 (0.91–1.20)	0.548	1.05 (0.92–1.21)	0.476
Continued breast feeding at one year
No	1.00		1.00
Yes	1.25 (1.05–1.50)	0.013	1.27 (1.05–1.55)	0.012
Bottle feeding
No	1.00		1.00
Yes	1.06 (0.98–1.15)	0.151	1.05 (0.97–1.15)	0.223
Introduction of solid, semi-solid and softs
No	1.00		1.00
Yes	1.27 (1.12–1.44)	<0.001	1.31 (1.14–1.50)	<0.001

^¥Models adjusted for socio-economic factors (maternal education, household wealth and maternal employment); health service factors (antenatal care visit and place of birth); individual factors (maternal age, child’s age and gender) and household factors (household location, source of drinking water and type of toilet).