How well do WHO complementary feeding indicators relate to nutritional status of children aged 6–23 months in rural Northern Ghana?

Table 6 Association between WHO IYFC indicators and mean weight -for-height z-score

Indicator	N	Mean WHZ	Std. deviation	95 % confidence interval for mean		Test statistic
				Lower bound	Upper bound
Timing of first complementary food at 6 months
No	972	−0.81	1.13	−0.88	−0.74	F (1, 1896) = 0.37, p = 0.55
Yes	925	−0.78	1.06	−0.85	−0.71	F (1, 1896) = 0.37, p = 0.55
Bottle feeding
Yes	204	−0.88	1.06	−1.02	−0.73	F (1, 1983) = 1.03, p = 0.31
No	1780	−0.79	1.10	−0.85	−0.74	F (1, 1983) = 1.03, p = 0.31
Minimum meal frequency
No	829	−0.83	1.10	−0.91	−0.76	F (1, 1983) = 0.9, p = 0.34
Yes	1155	−0.78	1.09	−0.85	−0.72	F (1, 1983) = 0.9, p = 0.34
Minimum dietary diversity
Less than 4 groups	1294	−0.84	1.11	−0.90	−0.78	F (1, 1983) = 3.87, p = 0.05
At least 4 groups	690	−0.74	1.06	−0.82	−0.66	F (1, 1983) = 3.87, p = 0.05
Minimum acceptable diet
No	1433	−0.83	1.10	−0.89	−0.77	F (1, 1983) = 3.6, p = 0.06
Yes	551	−0.73	1.06	−0.82	−0.64	F (1, 1983) = 3.6, p = 0.06
Appropriate complementary feeding
No	1600	−0.82	1.10	−0.88	−0.77	F (1, 1896) = 6.32, p = 0.012
Yes	297	−0.65	1.03	−0.77	−0.53	F (1, 1896) = 6.32, p = 0.012

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