Clinical vitamin-A deficiency and associated factors among pregnant and lactating women in Northwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Table 2 Nutrition and obstetric related characteristics of pregnant and lactating women, Lay- Armachiho district, northwest Ethiopia, 2017

Characteristics(N = 742)	Category	Frequency	Percent(%)
Number of < 5 children	< 2	498	67.1
Number of < 5 children	> 2	143	19.3
Total number of births	< 5	412	55.5
Total number of births	> 5	259	34.9
Birth spacing	< 3 years	165	22.2
Birth spacing	> 3 years	460	62.0
Mothers MUAC	< 23 cm	140	18.9
Mothers MUAC	> 23 cm	602	81.1
Fasting	Yes	571	77.0
Fasting	No	171	23.0
Families eat organ meat	Yes	503	67.8
Families eat organ meat	No	239	32.2
Meal frequency	> 3 meals	570	76.8
	3 meals	95	12.8
	< 2 meals	77	10.4
Dietary diversity score	Low	304	41.0
	Medium	355	47.8
	High	83	11.2

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