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Table 5 Generalized estimated equation regression analyses on the time of initiation of complementary food for infants by study groups

From: Effect of complementary feeding behavior change communication delivered through community-level actors on the time of initiation of complementary foods in rural communities of West Gojjam zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Variable

Study group

N (%)

RR (95% CI)

RD (95%CI)

Early initiation

CG

28 (11)

1.3 (0.745–3.857)

0.03 (−0.824–1.126)

IG

22 (8)

1

0

Timely initiation

CG

145 (56)

1

0

IG

206 (78)

2.6 (1.778–5.862)

2.3 (1.418–6.457)

Late initiation

CG

85 (33)

2.8 (1.825–4.370)

0.4 (1.256–3.714)

IG

36 (14)

1

0

  1. CG control group, IG intervention group, RR relative risk, RD Risk difference, CI confidence interval