Table 2 Crude and adjusted averages comparison of growth and breastfeeding duration variables, between different processed feeding severity scores of IVAPSA sample included on analysis, Porto Alegre, 2011–2016

Growth variables (in z-scores)

  WHZ

−0.16^a (1.15)

0.32^ab (1.24)

0.63^b (1.13)

0.18^ab (1.46)

0.040

  BAZ

−0.24^c (1.18)

0.22^cd (1.25)

0.54^d (1.13)

0.08^cd (1.46)

0.041

  WAZ

−0.37 (0.83)

0.11 (1.05)

0.24 (1.12)

0.02 (1.34)

0.129

  WHZ

−0.28^e [− 0.84; 0.27]

0.21^ef [− 0.12; 0.54]

0.78^f [0.42; 1.13]

0.21^ef [− 0.16; 0.58]

0.011

  BAZ

−0.29^g [− 0.83; 0.25]

0.12^gh [− 0.21; 0.46]

0.61^h

[0.27; 0.96]

0.12^gh [− 0.25; 0.49]

0.037

  WAZ

− 0.40ⁱ [− 0.85; 0.06]

0.03^ij [− 0.31; 0.25]

0.36^j

[0.07; 0.64]

0.16^ij [− 0.18; 0.43]

0.049

Breastfeeding variables (in days)

  EBF time

17.50^kl [3.25; 149.75]

32.00^k [5.00; 120.00]

6.00^lm [1.00; 30.00]

2.00^m [1.00; 19.25]

< 0.001

  Non EBF time

180.00ⁿ [180.00; 180.00]

180.00ⁿ

[180.00; 180.00]

180.00^o [60.00; 180.00]

180.00^o [60.00; 180.00]

< 0.001

  EBF time^V

19.20^pq [9.50; 39.10]

23.80^p [15.60; 36.30]

7.23^qr [4.68; 11.15]

3.27^r [2.07; 5.16]

< 0.001

  Non EBF time^V

175.40^s [120.70; 254.40]

162.60^s [129.10; 205.00]

91.60^t [72.60; 115.40]

86.70^t [67.30; 111.60]

< 0.001