Table 4.
The relationship of adherence to age-appropriate feeding practices and other determinants with child height-for-age (HAZ).
| HAZ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 a | Model 2 b | Model 3 c | |||||||
| Full Adjusted Model | Total Number of Adherence to MDD or MMF (n = 1018; Observations = 5647) |
Total Number of Adherence to MAD (n = 1018; Observations= 5647) |
Total Number of Adherence to ADF (n = 1018; Observations = 5647) |
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| Fixed Effects | Cof | 95 CI% | p-Value | Cof | 95 CI% | p-Value | Cof | 95 CI% | p-Value |
| Sex (boy) | −0.10 | 0.16–−0.03 | 0.006 | −0.09 | −0.16–−0.02 | 0.012 | −0.09 | −0.16–−0.02 | 0.008 |
| Age (in month) | −0.09 | −0.10–−0.08 | <0.001 | −0.09 | −0.10–−0.09 | <0.001 | −0.09 | −0.10–−0.08 | <0.001 |
| Age2 (in month) | 0.002 | 0.001–0.002 | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001–0.002 | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001–0.002 | <0.001 |
| Total number of adherence to MDD (Never) | |||||||||
| 1 or 2 times | 0.12 | 0.03–0.22 | 0.013 | ||||||
| 3 or always | 0.13 | 0.01–0.25 | 0.032 | ||||||
| Total number of adherence to MMF(Never) | Reference | ||||||||
| 1 or 2 times | −0.95 | −1.24–−0.66 | <0.001 | ||||||
| 3 or always | −0.99 | −1.28–−0.70 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Total number of adherence to MAD (Never) | |||||||||
| 1 or 2 times | 0.01 | −0.08–0.10 | 0.787 | ||||||
| 3 or always | −0.03 | −0.15–0.09 | 0.590 | ||||||
| Total number of adherence to ADF(Never) | |||||||||
| 1 or 2 times | 0.01 | −0.07–0.10 | 0.758 | ||||||
| 3 or always | 0.36 | 0.22–0.50 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Maternal education (years) | 0.02 | 0.01–0.03 | <0.001 | 0.02 | 0.01–0.03 | <0.001 | 0.02 | 0.01–0.03 | <0.001 |
| Wealth index | 0.11 | 0.08–0.14 | <0.001 | 0.11 | 0.08–0.14 | <0.001 | 0.12 | 0.09–0.15 | <0.001 |
| Caretaker drinking water was treated | 0.13 | 0.04–0.22 | 0.007 | 0.14 | 0.04–0.23 | 0.004 | 0.13 | 0.04–0.22 | 0.007 |
| Improved toilet | 0.09 | 0.01–0.17 | 0.029 | 0.10 | 0.02–0.18 | 0.016 | 0.10 | 0.02–0.18 | 0.015 |
| Random effect | |||||||||
| Variances of random intercept | 0.04 | 0.007–0.19 | 0.04 | 0.01–0.21 | 0.04 | 0.01–0.22 | |||
| Variance of random slope | 0.002 | 0.001– 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.001–0.002 | 0.002 | 0.001–0.002 | |||
| Variance of residuals | 0.53 | 0.51–0.56 | 0.54 | 0.52–0.56 | 0.53 | 0.51–0.56 | |||
| Log-likelihood | −7294.99 | −7317.73 | −7301.941 | ||||||
| LR test | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
a Model 1 was a linear mixed-effects model of the relationship between adherence to MDD or MMF and other determinants with the HAZ. b Model 2 was a linear mixed-effects model of the relationship between adherence to MAD and other determinants with the HAZ. c Model 3 was a linear mixed-effects model of the relationship between adherence of ADF and other determinants with the HAZ. Age2 = Age square is added to the model since the relationship between age and HAZ is non-linear. p-Value is statistically significant at p < 0.05. MDD = minimum dietary diversity, MMF = minimum meal frequency; MAD = minimum acceptable diet; and ADF = age-appropriate daily feeding; Cof = coefficient; CI = confidence interval.