Associations between dietary patterns and anaemia in 6- to 23-month-old infants in central South China

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Table 3 The frequency of World Health Organization infant and young child feeding criteria in the four quartiles of dietary patterns

	Total	Minimum dietary diversity		Minimum meal frequency		Minimum acceptable diet		Consumption iron-fortified food
	n	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Diversified pattern
Q1	154	2	1.30**	91	59.09	2	1.30**	107	69.48
Q2	159	81	50.94	101	63.52	56	35.22	113	71.07
Q3	158	127	80.38	97	61.39	78	49.37	115	72.78
Q4	152	149	98.03	96	63.16	94	61.84	92	60.53
Traditional pattern
Q1	155	60	38.71**	78	50.32	32	20.65**	86	55.48**
Q2	157	80	50.96	110	70.06	56	35.67	107	68.15
Q3	159	96	60.38	107	67.30	66	41.51	114	71.70
Q4	152	123	80.92	90	59.21	76	50.00	120	78.95
Breast milk pattern
Q1	156	68	43.59*	87	55.77*	38	24.36*	106	67.95
Q2	156	103	66.03	87	55.77	54	34.62	114	73.08
Q3	155	101	65.16	104	67.10	70	45.16	104	67.10
Q4	156	87	55.77	107	68.59	68	43.59	103	66.03
Multi-nutrient powders pattern
Q1	156	93	59.62*	108	69.23*	68	43.59**	57	36.54**
Q2	155	103	66.45	104	67.10	71	45.81	110	70.97
Q3	164	93	56.71	95	57.93	53	32.32	131	79.88
Q4	148	70	47.30	78	52.70	38	25.68	129	87.16

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