Association of dietary diversity of 6–23 months aged children with prenatal and postnatal obstetric care: evidence from a nationwide cross-sectional study

Table 3 Association between maternal care parameters of mothers in time of pregnancy and delivery with DDS

Characteristics	Dietary diversity score
	Crude			Adjusted
	\(\beta\)	95% CI	\(p\)-value	\(\beta\)	95% CI	\(p\)-value
Number of antenatal visits
0–3	Ref
≥ 4	0.19	0.14, 0.24	< 0.001	0.14	0.09, 0.20	< 0.001
Place of delivery
At home	Ref
With health facility	0.12	0.07, 0.17	< 0.001	0.05	0.00, 0.11	0.042
Delivery method
Vaginal	Ref
C-section	0.11	0.06, 0.17	< 0.001	0.05	0.00, 0.10	0.041
Postnatal visit after delivery
After 48 h	Ref
Within 48 h	− 0.14	− 0.21, − 0.07	< 0.001	− 0.06	− 0.13, 0.02	0.136
Postnatal checkup provider
Unprofessional personnel	Ref
Physicians/ professionals	0.16	0.10, 0.22	< 0.001	0.09	0.02, 0.16	0.008

Ref. Reference category, Adjusted by maternal age, occupation and wealth index

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