Minimum Dietary Diversity Score and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women at Alamata General Hospital, Raya Azebo Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Table 2

Consumption of food groups, food security, and comorbidity status of study participants in MCH at AGH, Alamata town, 2017 ().

Variable	Frequency	Percentage
Starchy staples
Yes	406	98.5
No	6	1.5
Vitamin A-rich fruit and vegetable
Yes	168	40.8
No	244	59.2
Other vegetables
Yes	336	81.6
No	76	18.4
Dark green leaf vegetable
Yes	348	84.5
No	64	15.5
Fruit
Yes	92	22.3
No	320	77.7
Meat, poultry, and fish
Yes	131	31.8
No	281	68.2
Egg
Yes	141	34.2
No	271	65.8
Pulses
Yes	213	51.7
No	199	48.3
Dairy
Yes	203	49.3
No	209	50.7
Nuts and seeds
Yes	221	53.6
No	191	46.4
Dietary diversity
High dietary diversity	252	61.2
Low dietary diversity	160	38.8
Food security status
Food secured	281	68.2
Food unsecured without hunger food	123	29.9
Unsecured with hunger	8	1.9
Food eating pattern
Three meals and above	102	24.8
Two meals and eating between meal	295	71.6
Two meals only or below	15	3.6
Illness in last 4 week before assessment
Yes	54	13.1
No	358	86.9
Types of illness
Malaria	191	46.4
HIV/AIDS	198	48.0
Others	23	5.6

Others: tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus.