Table 3.

Bivariate and multivariable predictors of change in weight and weight gain velocity at day 35

	Change in weight (g)				Weight gain velocity (g/kg/day)
	Bivariate		Multivariable		Bivariate		Multivariable
	Effect size (95% CI)	P value	Effect size (95% CI)	P value	Effect size (95% CI)	P value	Effect size (95% CI)	P value
Age	−1.8 (−5.4 to 1.8)	0.33	−1.69 (−8.3 to 5.0)	0.62	−0.005 (−0.024 to 0.013)	0.57	−0.01 (−0.03 to 0.003)	0.12
Sex	12.8 (−100.3 to 125.8)	0.82	13.0 (−114.2 to 140.1)	0.84	0.14 (−0.18 to 0.45)	0.39	0.13 (−0.17 to 0.42)	0.39
Dietary diversity*	−18.3 (−62.5 to 25.9)	0.42	−11.1 (−57.6 to 35.4)	0.64	−0.06 (−0.17 to 0.05)	0.29	−0.05 (−0.16 to 0.05)	0.29
Food insecurity†	−11.8 (−23.1 to -0.57)	0.04	−12.2 (−24.3 to -0.03)	0.049	−0.03 (−0.06 to -0.005)	0.02	−0.03 (−0.06 to -0.006)	0.04
Breast feeding	−6.46 (−123.4 to 110.4)	0.91	−133.8 (−329.2 to 61.6)	0.18	−0.06 (−0.79 to 0.68)	0.88	−0.28 (−0.80 to 0.25)	0.30
Health facility visit	−20.0 (−205.2 to 165.3)	0.83	−64.7 (−286.9 to 157.4)	0.57	−0.04 (−0.49 to 0.41)	0.86	−0.20 (−0.70 to 0.30)	0.44
WHZ	−82.3 (−139.2 to −25.5)	0.005	−125.4 (−212.5 to −38.4)	0.005	−0.44 (−0.71 to −0.16)	0.002	−0.37 (−0.60 to −0.15)	0.001
Animals	−0.77 (−2.02 to 0.49)	0.23	−1.45 (−2.9 to −0.002)	0.05	−0.002 (−0.006 to 0.001)	0.19	−0.003 (−0.007 to 0.0008)	0.12
Latrine
None
No slab	4.0 (−160.8 to 168.8)	0.96	42.0 (−132.6 to 216.7)	0.64	−0.10 (−0.54 to 0.34)	0.65	0.12 (−0.30 to 0.54)	0.56
Slab	92.0 (−45.3 to 229.3)	0.19	95.4 (−56.4 to 247.1)	0.22	0.07 (−0.32 to 0.45)	0.74	0.20 (−0.16 to 0.55)	0.27

*Operationalised as a composite score of 7 food groups eaten over the past 7 days.

†Operationalised as a composite score of three questions related to frequency of food insecurity over the past 4 weeks.

WHZ, weight-for-height z-score.