Variable Category |  | North (n = 136) | South (n = 262) | East (n = 190) | West (n = 33) | Total (n = 621) | P value |
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Age (in months) | 2–6, n (%) | 55 (40.4) | 88 (33.6) | 78 (41.1) | 10 (30.3) | 231 (37.2) | < 0.01 |
7–12, n (%) | 57 (41.9) | 92 (35.1) | 73 (38.4) | 12 (36.4) | 234 (37.7) | < 0.01 | |
13–18, n (%) | 16 (11.8) | 40 (15.3) | 25 (13.2) | 3 (9.1) | 84 (13.5) | < 0.01 | |
19–23, n (%) | 8 (5.9) | 42 (16.0) | 14 (7.4) | 8 (24.2) | 72 (11.6) | < 0.01 | |
Gender | Male, n (%) | 86 (63.2) | 170 (64.9) | 128 (67.4) | 24 (72.7) | 408 (65.7) | < 0.01 |
Female, n (%) | 50 (36.8) | 92 (35.1) | 62 (32.6) | 8 (24.2) | 212 (34.1) | < 0.01 | |
Other, n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.0) | 1 (0.2) | – | |
Family | Nuclear, n (%) | 89 (65.4) | 171 (65.2) | 65 (34.2) | 18 (54.5) | 343 (55.2) | 0.06 |
Joint/extended, n (%) | 47 (34.6) | 91 (34.7) | 125 (65.8) | 15 (45.5) | 278 (44.8) | 0.06 | |
Religion | Hindu, n (%) | 48 (35.3) | 179 (68.3) | 136 (71.6) | 22 (66.6) | 385 (62.0) | < 0.01 |
Muslim, n (%) | 88 (64.7) | 41 (15.6) | 52 (27.3) | 11 (33.3) | 192 (30.9) | < 0.01 | |
Christian, n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 42 (16.0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 43 (7.0) | – | |
SLI statusa | High, n (%) | 56 (41.2) | 93 (35.5) | 19 (10.0) | 6 (18.2) | 174 (28.0) | < 0.01 |
Medium, n (%) | 33 (24.3) | 124 (47.3) | 65 (34.2) | 6 (18.2) | 228 (36.7) | < 0.01 | |
Low, n (%) | 47 (34.5) | 45 (17.2) | 106 (55.8) | 21 (63.6) | 219 (35.3) | < 0.01 | |
Place of residence | Same district, n (%) | 49 (36.0) | 162 (61.8) | 35 (18.4) | 20 (60.6) | 266 (42.8) | < 0.01 |
Other districtsb, n (%) | 74 (54.4) | 86 (32.8) | 151 (79.5) | 13 (39.4) | 324 (52.2) | < 0.01 | |
Outside state, n (%) | 13 (9.6) | 14 (5.3) | 4 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 31 (5.0) | < 0.01 | |
Referral status | Primaryc, n (%) | 91 (66.9) | 64 (24.4) | 87 (45.8) | 18 (54.6) | 260 (41.9) | < 0.01 |
Referredd, n (%) | 45 (33.1) | 198 (75.6) | 103 (54.2) | 15 (45.5) | 361 (58.1) | < 0.01 | |
Feeding practices | Exclusively breastfed for 6 monthse, n/N (%) | 3/26 (11.5) | 16/52 (30.7) | 18/85 (21.2) | 1/1 (100) | 38/164 (23.2) | < 0.01 |
Mixed food before 6 months agee, n/N (%) | 25/78 (32.0) | 130/197 (66.0) | 46/100 (46.0) | 12/20 (60.0) | 213/395 (53.9) | 0.08 | |
Exclusive breastfeeding period (in months), median (IQR) | 5 (4–6) | 4 (2–5) | 4 (3–5) | 5 (3.5–5) | 4 (3–7) | – | |
Mixed food initiation age in months, median (IQR) | 6 (5–8) | 4 (2–6) | 5 (3–6) | 5 (4–6) | 5 (3–7) | – | |
Weaning age in months, median (IQR) | 7 (6–8.2) | 6 (4–6) | 6 (5–7) | 6 (5–7) | 6 (5–7) | – | |
Weaning food type | Rice, n (%) | 48 (68.6) | 116 (53.0) | 80 (88.9) | 5 (18.5) | 249 (61.0) | < 0.01 |
Wheat n (%) | 12 (17.1) | 5 (23.0) | 3 (3.3) | 11 (40.7) | 31 (8.0) | < 0.01 | |
Ragi basedf, n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 50 (22.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 50 (12.0) | – | |
Other, n (%) | 4 (5.7) | 7 (3.2) | 3 (3.3) | 4 (14.8) | 18 (4.0) | 0.08 | |
Mixed n (%) | 6 (8.6) | 41 (18.7) | 4 (4.4) | 7 (25.9) | 58 (14.0) | 0.05 | |
Weaning initiation to illness onset interval (in months) | Rice based, median (IQR) | 3 (0–6) | 3 (1–9) | 4 (1–9) | 4 (2–11.5) | 4 (1–9) | 0.08 |
Wheat based, median (IQR) | 3 (2.5–7) | 2.5 (1.2–5.2) | 0 (0–1) | 3 (2–7) | 3 (1–7) | 0.05 | |
Ragif, median (IQR) | – | 1 (0–4.2) | – | – | 1 (0–4.2) | – | |
Other food, median (IQR) | 4 (1.5–6) | 1 (0–3) | 0 (0–1) | 9.5 (5.2–13) | 2.5 (0.7–5.5) | 0.09 | |
Multiple food, median (IQR) | 7 (2.5–9) | 6 (2.7–12) | 6 (3–12) | 6 (3–12) | 6 (3–12) | 0.1 | |
Any food, median (IQR) | 3 (1–7) | 3 (1–8) | 3.5 (1–8.2) | 3 (1–9) | 3.5 (1–8.2) | 0.1 |