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Table 5 Correlation analysis of dietary diversity indicators and growth indicators

From: Dietary diversity scores: an indicator of micronutrient inadequacy instead of obesity for Chinese children

Variable	DDS			SDDS			FVS
Variable	Total	≤6 years	>6 years	Total	≤6 years	>6 years	Total	≤6 years	>6 years
BMI	−0.109**	0.048	−0.085*	−0.113**	0.158**	−0.124	−0.111**	0.186**	-0.135**
WHZ	-0.037	−0.037	--	0.118**	0.118**	--	0.164**	0.164**	--
WAZ	0.042	0.037	0.030	0.084**	0.151**	−0.042	0.082**	0.137**	-0.037
HAZ	0.067**	0.012	0.078*	0.060*	0.066*	0.002	0.048*	0.015	0.017
BAZ	0	0.051	−0.076*	0.036	0.166**	−0.120*	0.048*	0.193**	-0.130**

DDS dietary diversity score of 9 food groups, SDDS Seventeen-food-groups dietary diversity score, FVS food variety score, HAZ Height for age Z-score, WAZ Weight for age Z-score, WHZ Weight for height Z-score, BAZ BMI for age Z-score; −-, not applicable; *, P ˂0.05; **, P ˂0.01

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