Table 2.

Bivariate analysis infants' (aged 0 to 3.5 months) LAZ and independent variables using imputed data

Variable	Coef.	95% CI	p value
Mother's MUAC at pregnancy (cm)	0.067	[0.037, 0.097]	.000
Mother's DDS at pregnancy*	0.089	[0.039, 0.141]	.001
Household wealth index
Poorest (1st quintile)	Ref.
Poorer (2nd quintile)	−0.099	[−0.350, 0.152]	.438
Middle (3rd quintile)	0.091	[−0.162, 0.344]	.478
Richer (4th quintile)	0.149	[−0.107, 0.405]	.254
Richest (5th quintile)	0.059	[−0.236, 0.356]	.693
Pregnant woman's education level
None	Ref.
Primary school only (1 to 6 years)	0.192	[−0.026, 0.411]	.085
Secondary school & above (7 years+)	0.402	[0.181, 0.623]	.000
Age of infant in months	−0.107	[−0.194, 0.022]	.014
Gender of infant
Male	0.004	[‐0.161, 0.169]	.962
Female	Ref
ANC attendance
Yes	Ref
No	−0.165	[−0.415, 0.084]	.194
Received nutrition info at pregnancy
Yes	Ref
No	0.068	[−0.097, 0.234]	.415
Received breastfeeding inform at pregnancy
Yes	Ref
No	−0.005	[−0.179, 0.169]	.955
Region
Phnom Penh	Ref
North‐east	−0.239	[−0.435, 0.044]	.016
Infant exclusively breastfed
Yes	Ref
No	0.120	[−0.147, 0.387]	.378

Note.

^* considered as a continuous variable in this analysis. p value is statistically significant at p < .05.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; Coef., coefficient; DDS, dietary diversity score; LAZ, length‐for‐age z‐scores; MUAC, mid‐upper arm circumference; Ref.; reference category.