Table 2.

Association between minimum dietary diversity and child growth in a cohort study in rural Democratic Republic of the Congo (N = 117)

	Baseline minimum dietary diversitya (≥5 Food Groups)
Outcome	Coefficient/odds ratio (95% CI)*			p value
Children 6‐23 months
Change in height‐for age Z‐scoreb	0.87	0.33	1.40	0.002
Change in weight‐for‐age Z‐scoreb	0.26	−0.07	0.59	0.124
Change in weight‐for‐height/length for age Z‐scoreb	0.21	−0.70	0.28	0.407
Follow‐up stunting	0.21	0.07	0.61	0.004
Follow‐up underweight	0.80	0.23	2.82	0.723
Follow‐up wastingc	‐‐‐	‐‐‐	‐‐‐	‐‐‐

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval. *Models are adjusted for household wall type, number of household members, household educational level and baseline anthropometric Z‐score (where the outcome was a follow‐up anthropometric measure).

^a Minimum dietary diversity score ranges from 0 to 8 food groups, with the standard cutoff to define minimum dietary diversity being five or more food groups. Bold indicates a significant finding (p < 0.05).

^b Change is from baseline to the 6‐month follow‐up.

^c Only three children were wasted.