Table 4.
Association between infant feeding practices and anthropometry of infants using logistic regression.
| Status of nutrition | Outcome | Odds Ratio | 95% C.I. | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LL | UL | |||||
| Undernutrition* | Weight for length (wasting) | Crude | 2.449 | 1.393 | 4.304 | 0.002 |
| Adjusted | 2.561 | 1.379 | 4.753 | 0.003 | ||
| Weight for age (underweight) | Crude | 1.803 | 1.029 | 3.159 | 0.039 | |
| Adjusted | 1.817 | 0.992 | 3.326 | 0.053 | ||
| Length for age (stunting) | Crude | 1.135 | 0.581 | 2.220 | 0.711 | |
| Adjusted | 0.894 | 0.438 | 1.827 | 0.759 | ||
| Overweight- obesity** | Overweight for length | Crude | 0.779 | 0.205 | 2.956 | 0.714 |
| Adjusted | 0.607 | 0.143 | 2.576 | 0.499 | ||
| Overweight | Crude | 73,430 | 0 | 0.996 | ||
| Adjusted | 2.292E | 0 | 0.994 | |||
| Tall for Age | Crude | 1.129 | 0.398 | 3.207 | 0.820 | |
| Adjusted | 0.922 | 0.294 | 2.890 | 0.889 | ||
*
Models assessing undernutrition: < 10th percentile- Index category, > 10th percentile is the reference category.
**
Models assessing over nutrition: > 90th percentile- Index category, < 90th percentile is the reference category.
All the regression models have been adjusted for potential confounders like age, educational status of women, socioeconomic status, BMI of women, husband's smoking status, parity, gestational age at delivery, sex, EPDS score, and social support score at 14 weeks, and weight for gestational age.
The bold indicates statistically significant values.