Research Article
Food Insecurity and Not Dietary Diversity Is a Predictor of Nutrition Status in Children within Semiarid Agro-Ecological Zones in Eastern Kenya
Table 2
Nutritional status and dietary diversity score in women and children by agroecological zones.
| | | Total () | LM4 () | LM5 () | value |
| | Nutritional status of women | | | | | | Mean (SE) weight (Kg) | 54.3 (0.6) | 54.2 (0.9) | 54.4 (0.8) | 0.863 | | Mean (SE) height (cm) | 157.4 (0.4) | 157.4 (0.5) | 157.3 (0.6) | 0.912 | | Mean (SE) BMI (Kg/m2) | 21.9 (0.2) | 21.8 (0.3) | 22.0 (0.3) | 0.738 | | Wasted % | 14.4 | 16.7 | 12.2 | 0.447 | | Overweight % | 17.7 | 18.8 | 16.5 | | Normal % | 67.9 | 64.5 | 71.2 | | Dietary diversity in women | | | | | | Dietary diversity score (DDS) | | | | | | Low DDS % | 30.3 | 29.7 | 30.9 | 0.639 | | Medium DDS % | 62.5 | 61.6 | 63.3 | | High DDS % | 7.2 | 8.7 | 5.8 | | Nutritional status in children | | | | | | Mean scores in children | | | | | | Mean (SE) HAZ -score | −1.51 (0.08) | −1.44 (0.12) | −1.59 (0.12) | 0.392 | | Mean (SE)WAZ -score | −0.78 (0.07) | −0.76 (0.09) | −0.80 (0.10) | 0.783 | | Mean (SE) WHZ -score | 0.02 (0.07) | −0.02 (0.09) | 0.05 (0.10) | 0.596 | | Stunting % | 33.8 | 31.6 | 36.0 | 0.445 | | Underweight % | 11.6 | 10.9 | 12.2 | 0.723 | | Wasting % | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.000 | | 6–23 months | | | | | | Stunting % | 29.6 | 26.8 | 32.5 | 0.436 | | Underweight % | 10.1 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 0.894 | | Wasting % | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.000 | | 24–36 months | | | | | | Stunting % | 39.7 | 38.9 | 40.3 | 0.875 | | Underweight % | 13.6 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 0.749 | | Wasting % | 2.6 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 1.000 | | Dietary diversity score in children | | | | | | 6–23 months | | | | | | Inadequate % | 72.3 | 68.3 | 76.6 | 0.241 | | Adequate % | 27.7 | 31.7 | 23.4 | | 24–36 months | | | | | | Low % | 78.8 | 89.3 | 69.4 | 0.008 | | Medium % | 21.2 | 10.7 | 30.6 |
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Difference in DDS between 6–23 and 24–36 months is significant ().
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