Table 2

Association of LAZ scores with faecal pH

Variables	Unadjusted			Adjusted
Variables	β*	SE	P value *	β*	SE	P value *
Age (in months)	0.03	0.06	0.65	0.03	0.04	0.44
Sex	0.16	0.26	0.55	−0.02	0.18	0.93
Mothers height (in cm)	0.06	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.08
Fever (in last 14 days)	0.44	0.93	0.64
Antibiotics taken (in last 14 days)	0.44	1.32	0.74
Faecal pH	−0.36	0.07	<0.01	−0.32	0.08	<0.01
SIBO	0.57	0.38	0.14
MDD	0.01	0.27	0.97	0.15	0.18	0.41
Food group 1 (grain, roots and tubers)	−0.06	1.32	0.96
Food group 2 (legumes and nuts)	−0.35	0.24	0.15
Food group 3 (milk, yoghurt and cheese)	−0.13	0.26	0.62
Food group 4 (meat, fish and poultry)	0.09	0.26	0.73
Food group 5 (eggs)	−0.05	0.26	0.85
Food group 6 (vitamin A rich fruits and vegetables)	−0.66	0.25	0.09
Food group 7 (other fruits and vegetables)	0.30	0.25	0.23
Currently breast feeding	0.09	0.33	0.79
WAMI	0.29	1.02	0.78

*β=Regression coefficient; p value=significance level.
LAZ, length-for-age Z score; MDD, minimum dietary diversity;SIBO, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth; WAMI, Water and sanitation, the selected approach to measuring household wealth (Assets), Maternal education and Income.