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Table 8 Factors associated with high weight-for-height in children under 5 years obtained by hierarchical multiple analysis, 2010

From: Nutritional status of children under 5 years of age in the Brazilian Western Amazon before and after the Interoceanic highway paving: a population-based study

Variables

Crude OR

p value**

Adjusted OR*

(CI 95%)

P value**

Child age

     

 Age in years

0.67

0.025

0.58

(0.38 – 0.87)

0.009

Maternal IBM

     

 Below 25 kg/m2

1

 

1

  

 Equal or above 25 kg/m2

2.68

0.034

3.31

(1.25 – 8.75)

0.016

Mother’s time residing in town

     

 Years

1.05

0.002

1.07

(1.03 – 1.11)

< 0.001

  1. Assis Brasil, AC, 2010.
  2. *Odds Ratio (OR) adjusted by all variables in the table and gender.
  3. **Wald test.