A summary index of infant and child feeding practices is associated with child growth in urban Shanghai

BMC Public Health

Table 6 Association between the components of CS-ICFI at Visit 1 (6-month-old) and LAZ, WAZ, WLZ at Visit 3 (18-month-old)

Variables	Score	n	Mean LAZ^a	Mean WAZ^a	Mean WLZ^a
Breastfeeding
No	0	92	0.33	0.58	0.58
Yes	+2	88	0.44	0.72	0.69
Beta ^c			0.063	0.087	0.070
Std.Error			0.066	0.061	0.064
P value ^d			0.391	0.255	0.364
Food consistency
Low	0	17	0.20	0.35	0.35
Median	+1	88	0.26	0.57	0.60
High	+2	75	0.58	0.81	0.73
Beta ^c			0.171	0.192	0.130
Std.Error			0.102	0.094	0.100
P value ^d			0.021	0.013	0.097
Feeding frequency ^b
Low	0/+1	19	0.36	0.49	0.45
High	+2	161	0.39	0.67	0.66
Beta ^c			0.012	0.070	0.079
Std.Error			0.217	0.201	0.211
P value ^d			0.874	0.376	0.323
Dietary diversity
Low	0	11	0.44	0.58	0.51
Median	+1	55	0.20	0.52	0.57
High	+2	114	0.46	0.71	0.67
Beta ^c			0.087	0.096	0.063
Std.Error			0.111	0.103	0.109
P value ^d			0.245	0.216	0.422
Food group frequency ^b
Low	0/+1	97	0.36	0.63	0.62
High	+2	83	0.41	0.67	0.64
Beta ^c			0.039	0.051	0.037
Std.Error			0.119	0.111	0.116
P value ^d			0.604	0.515	0.641

^aAdjusted for birth weight, mother’s pre-pregnancy height and weight, and annual household income.
^bSamples with scores of 0 and +1 were combined due to the extremely small size of sample with score 0.
^cStandardized partial regression coefficient.
^dAssociations between the components of CS-ICFI at Visit 1 and mean LAZ, WAZ and WLZ at Visit 3 were tested using a linear regression model.

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