Table 2. Prevalence of acute respiratory infection and diarrhoea by infant and young child feeding in Ethiopia, 2000 to 2016.
| IYCF factors | Prevalence of ARI | Prevalence of diarrhoea | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | b | % (95% CI) | P value | b | % (95% CI) | P value | |
| Early initiation of breastfeeding | |||||||
| No | 6517 | 1125 | 17.3 (15.7, 18.9) | <0.001 | 1607 | 24.7 (23.0, 26.4) | 0.031 |
| Yes | 8589 | 1387 | 13.9 (12.7, 15.1) | 2245 | 22.5 (21.1, 23.9) | ||
| Exclusive breastfeeding | |||||||
| No | 2106 | 316 | 15.0 (12.8, 17.5) | <0.001 | 331 | 15.7 (13.6, 18.1) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 2447 | 243 | 9.9 (8.3, 11.8) | 188 | 7.7 (6.3, 9.4) | ||
| Predominant breastfeeding | |||||||
| No | 1129 | 162 | 14.4 (11.6, 17.7) | 0.107 | 172 | 15.3 (12.6, 18.4) | 0.002 |
| Yes | 3424 | 396 | 11.6 (10.0, 13.4) | 347 | 10.1 (8.8, 11.7) | ||
| Introduction of complementary foods | |||||||
| No | 1204 | 227 | 18.8 (15.5, 22.6) | 0.019 | 322 | 26.7 (23.3, 30.4) | 0.978 |
| Yes | 1133 | 153 | 13.5 (10.8, 16.8) | 303 | 26.8 (23.2, 30.7) | ||
| Continued breastfeeding at 2 years | |||||||
| No | 403 | 48 | 11.9 (8.0, 17.4) | 0.037 | 80 | 20.0 (14.9, 26.3) | 0.022 |
| Yes | 1717 | 301 | 17.5 (15.1, 20.3) | 470 | 27.4 (24.1, 31.0) | ||
| Bottle feeding | |||||||
| No | 13129 | 2182 | 15.0 (14.0, 16.1) | 0.217 | 3425 | 23.6 (22.4, 24.8) | 0.200 |
| Yes | 1977 | 330 | 16.7 (14.2, 19.5) | 427 | 21.7 (19.0, 24.6) | ||
a indicates the total sub-sample in each exposure variables
b indicates weighted count in unmatched data