Consumption of animal source foods and dietary diversity reduce stunting in children in Cambodia

Table 1 Association between consumption of specific food groups, food variety score, and socioeconomic and geographic variables

Socioeconomic and geographic variables	n	% consumed in the last 24 hours							Food variety score
Socioeconomic and geographic variables	n	Staple foods group	Animal source foods group	Milk products group	Green leafy/orange color vegetables group	Pulses group	Oils/fats group	Seeds group	Mean	SD
Household wealth quintile
Poorest	1233	86.9	74.8	1.4	47.9	4.4	19.1	5.2	3.3	2.0
Poorer	962	85.9	77.1	4.7	47.9	3.8	22.2	6.9	3.5	2.1
Middle	709	90.0	84.6	4.4	55.3	8.2	23.8	7.1	4.1	2.2
Richer	672	90.8	84.8	12.4	58.9	10.6	28.6	5.5	4.5	2.4
Richest	673	91.8	84.5	34.9	56.8	11.1	26.3	4.6	5.2	2.6
Trend P		<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.57	<0.01
Education of mother
None	1045	87.8	78.2	4.1	50.1	4.2	20.4	6.4	3.5	2.1
Primary	2510	88.4	80.0	7.4	52.2	7.5	24.1	5.6	3.9	2.3
Secondary or higher	694	90.2	83.0	26.2	55.8	9.4	24.2	5.8	4.8	2.6
Trend P		0.15	0.02	<0.01	0.02	<0.01	0.04	0.50	<0.01
Geographical area
Near the Tolesap lake	1433	88.1	81.5	5.2	55.4	6.0	28.7	6.4	3.9	2.3
Coastal	336	89.3	82.4	12.5	62.2	5.0	14.2	6.3	4.3	2.2
Plateau or moutain	590	88.0	72.4	5.6	51.2	4.6	21.7	8.1	3.7	2.3
Plain or Phnom Penh	1889	88.9	80.9	13.8	48.4	8.8	21.1	4.6	4.0	2.3
P		0.83	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Residential location
Rural	3664	88.2	79.4	6.8	50.8	6.9	22.9	6.1	3.8	2.3
Urban	585	90.9	84.2	27.7	61.1	7.5	25.1	3.9	4.8	2.4
P		0.05	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.57	0.24	0.04	<0.01

The P value for the association between consumption of specific food group and a socioeconomic or a geographic variable was obtained by a chi-square test for trend (trend P) or by a chi-square test (P). The p value for the association between the food variety score and a socioeconomic or geographic variable was obtained by a linear regression analysis (trend P) or a one-way analysis of variance (P).