Associations between dietary patterns and anaemia in 6- to 23-month-old infants in central South China

BMC Public Health

Table 1 The characteristics of the infant aged 6 to 23 months and their caregivers in central-south China

Characteristics	Total		2015 (n = 312)		2018 (n = 311)		P
Characteristics	n	%	n	%	n	%
Infant
Sex
Boys	366	58.75	183	58.65	183	58.84	0.962
Girls	257	41.25	129	41.35	128	41.16
Age
6-11 months	187	30.02	118	37.82	69	22.19	< 0.001
12-17 months	195	31.30	92	29.49	103	33.12
18-23 months	241	38.68	102	32.69	139	44.69
Birth weight
Normal	594	95.35	299	95.83	295	94.86	0.562
Low birth weight	29	4.65	13	4.17	16	5.14
Gestational age
Term	597	95.83	303	97.12	294	94.53	0.105
Premature	26	4.17	9	2.88	17	5.47
Fever in the previous 2 weeks
No	487	78.17	208	66.67	279	89.71	< 0.001
Yes	136	21.83	104	33.33	32	10.29
Diarrhea in the previous 2 weeks
No	552	88.60	268	85.90	284	91.32	0.034
Yes	71	11.40	44	14.10	27	8.68
Caregivers
Groups
Parents	364	58.43	170	54.49	194	62.38	0.046
Grandparents and others	259	41.57	142	45.51	117	37.62
Educational level
Illiteracy	140	22.47	84	26.92	56	18.01	< 0.001
Primary	233	37.40	169	54.17	64	20.58
Junior	199	31.94	48	15.38	151	48.55
Senior and above	51	8.19	11	3.53	40	12.86
Occupations
Homemakers	535	85.87	302	96.79	233	74.92	< 0.001
Others	88	14.13	10	3.21	78	25.08
Ethnicity
Han and others	96	15.41	47	15.06	49	15.76	0.811
Miao	527	84.59	265	84.94	262	84.24
Anaemia
No	468	75.12	220	70.51	248	79.74	0.009
Yes	155	24.88	92	29.49	63	20.26

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