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

Table 4 Association between maternal care parameters of mothers in time of pregnancy and delivery with MDD

Characteristics	Minimum dietary diversity
	Crude			Adjusted
	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Number of antenatal visits
0–3	Ref
≥ 4	1.95	1.57, 2.41	< 0.001	1.54	1.23, 1.93	< 0.001
Place of delivery
At home	Ref
With health facility	2.11	1.69, 2.63	< 0.001	1.66	1.31, 2.11	< 0.001
Delivery method
Vaginal	Ref
C-section	1.80	1.45, 2.23	< 0.001	1.39	1.10, 1.75	0.005
Postnatal visit after delivery
After 48 h	Ref
Within 48 h	0.48	0.37, 0.62	< 0.001	0.66	0.49, 0.89	0.007
Postnatal checkup provider
Unprofessional personnel	Ref
Physicians/ professionals	2.19	1.67, 2.88	< 0.001	1.69	1.26, 2.26	< 0.001

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

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