Does Household Food Insecurity Affect the Nutritional Status of Preschool Children Aged 6–36 Months?

Table 4

Nutritional status indices and household food security as measured by household dietary diversity score (HDDS).

Anthropometric measurement	N	Mean	Std. deviation	95% Confidence interval for mean		Test statistic
				Lower bound	Upper bound
BMI of adults (women)
Low HDDS (<15)	203	23.1	4.14	22.51	23.66	F(1, 335) = 4.5,; 𝑃=0.03
High HDDS (15–21)	133	24.1	4.68	23.32	24.93
Total	336	23.5	4.39	23.03	23.97
WHZ
Low HDDS (<15)	203	−0.86	1.09	−1.01	−0.70	F(1, 333) = 0.005,; 𝑃=0.9
High HDDS (15–21)	131	−0.85	1.03	−1.03	−0.68
Total	334	−0.86	1.07	−0.97	−0.74
HAZ
Low HDDS (<15)	203	−1.51	1.49	−1.71	−1.30	F(1, 333) = 4.6,; 𝑃=0.03
High HDDS (15–21)	131	−1.16	1.41	−1.40	−0.92
Total	334	−1.37	1.46	−1.53	−1.21
WAZ
Low HDDS (<15)	203	−1.39	1.21	−1.56	−1.23	F(1, 333) = 0.8,; 𝑃=0.4
High HDDS (15–21)	132	−1.28	1.09	−1.47	−1.09
Total	335	−1.35	1.16	−1.48	−1.23