Table 5.

Comparison of the association of Height-for-Age z score (HAZ), lactulose % and acute malnutrition, with covariates in children 6–36 months old who participated in 24-h dietary recalls using multiple linear regression.

	6–12 Months (n = 172)						12–36 Months (n = 183)
	Change in HAZ		% Lactulose		Acute Malnutrition		Change in HAZ		Change in % Lactulose		Acute Malnutrition
	Coef ± SE	p Value	Coef ± SE	p Value	Coef ± SE	p Value	Coef ± SE	p Value	Coef ± SE	p Value	Coef ± SE	p Value
Region (Limera vs. Masenjere)	−0.4 ± 0.2	0.062	0.7 ± 0.04	0.067	−0.01 ± 0.04	0.785	−0.2 ± 0.2	0.258	0.1 ± 0.04	0.088	−0.02 ± 0.03	0.469
Animal protein	0.01 ± 0.01	0.383	0.001 ± 0.002	0.437	0.00 ± 0.00	0.691	0.02 ± 0.01	0.047	−0.00 ± 0.00	0.317	0.00 ± 0.00	0.341
Improved water	0.3 ± 0.2	0.110	−0.02 ± 0.03	0.582	−0.01 ± 0.04	0.590	0.2 ± 0.2	0.206	−0.03 ± 0.04	0.389	0.02 ± 0.03	0.557
Sex (female vs. male)	−0.3 ± 0.1	0.046	0.1 ± 0.02	0.026	0.02 ± 0.02	0.394	−0.07 ± 0.1	0.638	0.1 ± 0.03	0.064	0.01 ± 0.02	0.657
Age	−0.1 ± 0.04	0.108	0.01 ± 0.01	0.222	0.00 ± 0.01	0.599	0.1 ± 0.01	<0.001	0.01 ± 0.00	0.003	0.00 ± 0.00	0.671
Number of siblings	0.02 ± 0.04	0.541	0.01 ± 0.01	0.053	na 1	na 1	−0.02 ± 0.04	0.592	−0.00 ± 0.01	0.722	−0.00 ± 0.01	0.617
Season (Feb vs. Oct)	−0.4 ± 0.2	0.027	0.05 ± 0.03	0.110	0.02 ± 0.03	0.576	0.04 ± 0.2	0.780	−0.01 ± 0.03	0.795	0.03 ± 0.03	0.292
Asset score (vs. 0)	0.03 ± 0.06	0.548	−0.01 ± 0.01	0.333	−0.02 ± 0.01	0.114	0.1 ± 0.1	0.362	0.00 ± 0.01	0.856	−0.01 ± 0.01	0.349
Severe food insecurity (vs. not)	0.1 ± 0.1	0.536	−0.02 ± 0.03	0.403	−0.04 ± 0.02	0.100	0.1 ± 0.2	0.641	0.04 ± 0.03	0.111	−0.00 ± 0.02	0.883
Stooling (pit latrine vs yard)	−0.1 ± 0.2	0.585	−0.04 ± 0.04	0.911	0.01 ± 0.04	0.713	0.1 ± 0.2	0.728	0.03 ± 0.04	0.427	0.01 ± 0.04	0.709
Sleep with animals	0.2 ± 0.2	0.178	−0.01 ± 0.03	0.631	−0.02 ± 0.03	0.547	0.1 ± 0.2	0.609	0.04 ± 0.3	0.178	0.00 ± 0.03	0.979

¹ na = not available.