Table 3. The association between infant and young child feeding, and acute respiratory infection and diarrhoea in Ethiopia, 2000 to 2016.
| IYCF factors | Acute respiratory infection | Diarrhoea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Adjusted | *Adjusted | |||||
| n | OR (95% CI) | P value | n | OR (95% CI) | P value | |
| Early initiation of breastfeeding | ||||||
| No | 4839 | 1.00 | 0.001 | 4832 | 1.00 | 0.010 |
| Yes | 4839 | 0.81 (0.72, 0.92) | 4832 | 0.85 (0.75, 0.96) | ||
| Exclusive breastfeeding | ||||||
| No | 1452 | 1.00 | 0.001 | 1397 | 1.00 | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 1452 | 0.65 (0.51, 0.83) | 1397 | 0.51 (0.39, 0.65) | ||
| Predominant breastfeeding | ||||||
| No | 1029 | 1.00 | 0.159 | 1053 | 1.00 | 0.006 |
| Yes | 1029 | 0.80 (0.59, 1.09) | 1053 | 0.69 (0.53, 0.89) | ||
| Introduction of complementary foods | ||||||
| No | 736 | 1.00 | 0.620 | 825 | 1.00 | 0.453 |
| Yes | 736 | 0.92 (0.66, 1.28) | 825 | 1.08 (0.87, 1.35) | ||
| Continued breastfeeding at 2 years | ||||||
| No | 341 | 1.00 | 0.078 | 358 | 1.00 | 0.009 |
| Yes | 341 | 1.59 (0.95, 2.68) | 358 | 1.57 (1.12, 2.21) | ||
| Bottle feeding | ||||||
| No | 2059 | 1.00 | 0.004 | 2100 | 1.00 | 0.173 |
| Yes | 2059 | 1.36 (1.10, 1.68) | 2100 | (0.95, 1.28) | ||
n: count of IYCF indicators in propensity score-matched data;
* indicates adjusted ORs in propensity score-matched data