Data on child complementary feeding practices, nutrient intake and stunting in Musanze District, Rwanda

Stunting prevalence in Rwanda is still a major public health issue, and data on stunting is needed to plan relevant interventions. This data, collected in 2015, presents complementary feeding practices, nutrient intake and its association with stunting in infants and young children in Musanze District in Rwanda. A household questionnaire and a 24-h recall questionnaire were used to collect the data. In total 145 children aged 5–30 months participated in the study together with their caregivers. The anthropometric status of children was calculated using WHO Anthro software [1] according to the WHO growth standards [2]. The complementary feeding practices together with households’ characteristics are reported per child stunting status. The nutrient intake and food group consumption are presented per age group of children. Also, the percentage contribution of each food groups to energy and nutrient intake in children is reported. The data also shows the association between zinc intake and age groups of children. Using multiple linear regression, a sensitivity analysis was done with height-for-age z-score as the dependent variable and exclusive breastfeeding, deworming table use, BMI of caregiver, dietary zinc intake as independent variables. The original linear regression model and a detailed methodology and analyses conducted are presented in Uwiringiyimana et al. [3].

breastfeeding, deworming table use, BMI of caregiver, dietary zinc intake as independent variables. The original linear regression model and a detailed methodology and analyses conducted are presented in Uwiringiyimana et al. [3].
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Subject area Nutrition More specific subject area Nutritional status and complementary feeding practices Type of data This data is useful to researchers looking for locally conducted research on stunting in children in

Rwanda.
This data is important for complementary feeding practices and stunting in children. The food group consumption data can be used for further research on the dietary intake of infants and young children.
Programs or interventions aiming at improving the diet quality of children focusing on specific nutrients such as micronutrients can use our data as a benchmark of the quality of complementary foods that children consume.
Our data is useful to inform government, local and international partners working to alleviate stunting in the African region.

Data
The data presents the child complementary feeding practices, nutrient intake and stunting status of children in Musanze District. Table 1 presents the anthropometric status of children namely the stunting, wasting and undernutrition status. Table 2 shows the comparison of stunting, wasting and undernutrition in the District of Musanze and the national prevalence of stunting, wasting and undernutrition reported in the 2015 Demographic and Health Survey. Table 3 shows the complementary feeding practices and household characteristics per stunting status. Tables 4 and 5 portrays the per cent contribution of food groups to energy and nutrient intake; specifically, Table 5 includes the micronutrient powder among the food groups. Table 6 shows the consumption of food groups per age groups in the same children population. Table 7 displays the association between      Table 8 is about the sensitivity analysis model conducted by considering children whose caregivers indicated that the food the child ate the previous day was similar to the child's usual intake. Table 5 Percentage contribution of food groups to energy and nutrient intake from complementary feeding with micronutrient powder (MNP) included a .

Experimental design, materials and methods
The data presented was obtained through a cross-sectional survey conducted in the district of Musanze. A detailed methodology is given elsewhere [3]. Ethical approval to collect the data was obtained through the Institutional Review Board of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences in Rwanda. An informed consent was obtained from all participating caregivers. A household questionnaire was used to collect information on socioeconomic status, complementary feeding practices, health and anthropometric status of children. An interactive and multi-pass 24-h recall questionnaire, adapted and validated for use in developing countries [4], was used to collect information on dietary intake. A total of 145 children participated in the study. A single 24-h recall with the caregiver as the respondent was conducted. Information on usual intake of children was also collected.
There was a statistically significant difference in zinc intake between age groups, H (3) ¼ 9.12, p ¼ 0.028. Pairwise comparisons with adjusted p-values showed that there was a significant difference in zinc intake between the age group of 5-11 months and 18-23 months (p ¼ 0.021). On the other hand, there was no significant difference in zinc intake between age group of 5-11 months compared to the age group of 12-17 months (p ¼ 1.00) and 24-30 months (p ¼ 1.00). There were also no significant differences in zinc intake between the age group of 12-17 months and the age groups of 24-30 months (p ¼ 1.00) and age group of 18-23 months (p ¼ 0.195). Finally, there were no significant differences in zinc intake between the age groups of 24-30 months and the age group of 18-23 months (p ¼ 1.00).
The Jonchheere-Terpstra's test revealed a significant trend in the data: as the age of children increased, zinc intake increased, J ¼ 4471, z ¼ 2.794, p ¼ 0.005. a The sensitivity analysis model was limited to 116 children whose intake on the recalled day was similar to their usual intake. β: Regression coefficient. CI, confidence interval.