Table 4. Association between IYCF practices and nutritional status (stunting and moderate anemia) among children age 6–23 months adjusting for covariates.

Variables	Stunting		Moderate anemia
	AOR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI
IYCF variables
Currently breastfed	0.51*	0.29–0.88	1.26	0.78–2.03
Minimum dietary diversity	0.92	0.57–1.47	1.37	0.88–2.13
Minimum meal frequency	1.40	0.90–2.18	1.18	0.82–1.68
Consumption of iron rich foods	1.20	0.74–1.96	0.66*	0.46–0.96
Child’s characteristics
Sex of child (Female)	0.46***	0.30–0.71	0.62**	0.45–0.86
Perceived birth size (below average)	2.38***	1.44–3.92	1.10	0.66–1.83
Maternal characteristics
Maternal age in year (Reference = 15–19)
20–29	0.52	0.19–1.39	1.28	0.56–2.89
30–39	0.80	0.31–2.04	0.92	0.41–2.06
40–47	0.49	0.18–1.31	0.71	0.27–1.85
Maternal education (Reference = No education)
Primary	0.75	0.43–1.29	0.81	0.49–1.32
Secondary	0.57	0.27–1.16	0.69	0.39–1.23
Higher	1.13	0.41–3.09	0.93	0.39–2.21
Mother’s employment status (Working)	1.97**	1.32–2.94	0.99	0.70–1.40
Mother’s height (Reference<150 cm)
150–159 cm	0.42***	0.27–0.65	1.10	0.77–1.56
≥160 cm	0.41*	0.17–0.94	1.31	0.66–2.60
Number of ANC visits (Reference = None)
1–3 times	1.42	0.76–2.65	2.20*	1.17–4.14
At least 4 times	1.28	0.64–2.53	2.37**	1.26–4.45
Maternal anemia (<11g/dl)	1.03	0.72–1.49	1.74***	1.27–2.39
Household characteristics
Rural residence	2.08*	1.15–3.77	0.99	0.59–1.67
Wealth index (Reference = Poorest)
Poorer	0.80	0.49–1.30	0.83	0.51–1.37
Middle	0.78	0.43–1.41	1.18	0.69–2.02
Richer	0.57	0.29–1.16	0.85	0.49–1.47
Richest	0.71	0.31–1.63	0.59	0.27–1.31

AOR = adjusted odds ratio,

***p<0.001,

**p<0.01,

*p<0.05

Covariates include child characteristics (sex, perceived birth weight), maternal characteristics (age, education, employment, height, number of ANC visits and maternal anaemia) and household characteristics (residence, wealth index).