Table 6.
Comparison of 6–23-month-old children’s WAZ and DDS values between lent fasting and non-fasting periods in rural Tigray, Ethiopia.
| Variables | Data Collection Period | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lent Fasting | Non-Fasting | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Range (Min, Max) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Range (Max, Min) | Sign | |
| Children WAZ of fasting mother | −1.25 (1.14) | −1.22 (−2.03, −0.54) | −4.33, 2.52 | −1.16 (1.14) | −1.11 (−1.83, −0.46) | −4.37, 3.83 | 0.034 * |
| Children WAZ of non-fasting mother | −0.74 (1.08) | −0.79 (−1.48, −0.07) | −4.97, 2.70 | −0.66 (1.02) | −0.69 (−1.32, −0.11) | −0.5.08, 2.32 | 0.153 ns |
| Children DDS of fasting mother | 2.09 (1.02) | 2.00 (1.50, 2.50) | 0.00, 7.00 | 2.43 (0.93) | 2.50 (2.00, 3.00) | 0.00, 4.5) | 0.000 * |
| Children DDS of non-fasting mother | 2.04 (0.88) | 2.00 (1.50, 2.50) | 0.00, 5.00 | 2.50 (0.95) | 2.50 (2.00, 3.00) | 0.00, 7.00 | 0.000 * |
Fasting mothers (n = 156); non-fasting mother (n = 349); data analyses using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, significant level at p < 0.05; WAZ = weight for age; DDS = diet diversity score; ns- not significantly different at p < 0.05; * = significantly different at p < 0.05.