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Table 3 Regression model to assess the relationship between prelacteal feeding and LAZ, WLZ, WAZ at 3–5 months of age

From: Prelacteal feeding is not associated with infant size at 3 months in rural Bangladesh: a prospective cohort study

 

LAZ (n = 3,176)

WLZ (n = 3,176)

WAZ (n = 3,176)

UnadjustedCoefficient (95% CI)

Adjusted Coefficienta (95% CI)

Unadjusted Coefficient (95% CI)

Adjusted Coefficientb (95% CI)

Unadjusted Coefficient (95% CI)

Adjusted Coefficientb (95% CI)

Prelacteal foods

 No

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Yes

0.02 (-0.07, 0.11)

0.02 (-0.04, 0.08)

-0.05 (-0.14, 0.04)

-0.06 (-0.15, 0.03)

-0.01 (-0.10, 0.07)

-0.02 (-0.08, 0.05)

Household

Wealth quintile

      

 1

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 2

0.17 (0.06, 0.29)††

0.07 (-0.01, 0.15)

-0.02 (-0.14, 0.10)

-0.04 (-0.16, 0.08)

0.12 (0.01, 0.23) †

0.03 (-0.06, 0.12)

 3

0.23 (0.11, 0.34)††

0.12 (0.04, 0.21)††

0.05 (-0.07, 0.17)

0.01 (-0.12, 0.13)

0.22 (0.11, 0.33)††

0.09 (0.00, 0.18)†

 4

0.17 (0.05, 0.28)††

0.09 (0.01, 0.18)†

0.04 (-0.08, 0.16)

0.00 (-0.12, 0.13)

0.17 (0.07, 0.28)††

0.08 (-0.01, 0.17)

 5

0.36 (0.25, 0.48)††

0.20 (0.12, 0.30)††

0.01 (-0.11, 0.13)

-0.04 (-0.17, 0.10)

0.30 (0.19, 0.41)††

0.11 (0.01, 0.21)†

Maternal

Age (years)

      

 ≤19

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 20–29

0.15 (0.06, 0.24)††

0.04 (-0.02, 0.11)

0.03 (-0.06, 0.12)

-0.03 (-0.13, 0.07)

0.14 (0.06, 0.22)††

0.00 (-0.07, 0.07)

 >29

0.03 (-0.08, 0.15)

0.05 (-0.03, 0.14)

-0.05 (-0.17, 0.07)

-0.11 (-0.24, 0.02)

0.00 (-0.11, 0.10)

-0.04 (-0.13, 0.06)

BMI

0.04 (0.03, 0.05)††

0.00 (-0.01, 0.01)

0.03 (0.01, 0.04)††

0.02 (0.01, 0.04)††

0.05 (0.04, 0.06) ††

0.01 (0.00, 0.02)

 Education

      

 No schooling

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Class 1 to 9

0.21 (0.09, 0.33)††

0.03 (-0.06, 0.11)

0.08 (-0.04, 0.20)

0.04 (-0.08, 0.17)

0.24 (0.13, 0.34) ††

0.07 (-0.02, 0.16)

 10 years and above

0.44 (0.30, 0.58)††

0.07 (-0.04,0.18)

0.05 (-0.10, 0.19)

0.00 (-0.16, 0.17)

0.40 (0.27, 0.53)††

0.15 (0.03, 0.27)†

Occupationc

      

 Yes

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 No

0.13 (0.05, 0.21)††

0.01 (-0.05, 0.06)

0.00 (-0.09, 0.08)

-0.01 (-0.09, 0.08)

0.10 (0.03, 0.18) ††

0.01 (-0.05, 0.08)

Infant

Age (months)

0.03 (-0.04, 0.10)

-0.02 (-0.07, 0.02)

-0.10 (-0.17,-0.03)††

-0.11 (-0.18, -0.04)††

0.03 (-0.03. 0.10)

-0.01 (-0.06, 0.05)

Sex

      

 Male

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Female

0.19 (0.12, 0.26)††

0.11 (0.06, 0.16)††

-0.06 (-0.13, 0.02)

-0.07 (-0.14, 0.01)

0.06 (0.00, 0.13)

0.01(-0.04, 0.07)

Neonatal measures

      

 WAZ

  

0.08 (0.04, 0.12)††

0.07 (0.03, 0.11)††

0.08 (0.04, 0.12)††

0.60 (0.57, 0.63)††

 LAZ

0.71 (0.70, 0.74)††

0.71 (0.69, 0.74)††

    
  1. LAZ: Length-for-age Z-score; WLZ: Weight-for-length Z-score; WAZ: Weight-for-age Z-score; BMI: body mass index
  2. a Multiple linear regression model adjusted for infant age, infant sex, neonatal LAZ, maternal age, maternal education, maternal occupation, maternal BMI, living standard index
  3. b Multiple linear regression model adjusted for infant age, infant sex, neonatal WAZ, maternal age, maternal education, maternal occupation, maternal BMI, living standard index
  4. c In the interview, occupation is defined as working on own farm/as sharecropper; or Day, unskilled laborer (agriculture & migrant etc.); or Maid servant/Fisherman; or Contracted laborer (long term domestic, agricultural); or Own business; or Private service (salaried, skilled factory and office workers etc.); or Government service; or Other, specified
  5. †Statistically significant at P < 0.05
  6. ††Statistically significant at P < 0.01
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