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Table 3 Association between prevalence of urban adult weight parameters with child malnutrition and overweight/obesity frequencies: results from regressions using WHO survey data

From: The double burden household in sub-Saharan Africa: maternal overweight and obesity and childhood undernutrition from the year 2000: results from World Health Organization Data (WHO) and Demographic Health Surveys (DHS)

 

Adult

Adult

Adult

Obesity

Overweight

Underweight

 

β Coeff (SE)

β Coeff (SE)

β Coeff (SE)

 

P value

P value

P value

Child Anthropometrics

   

Weight-Height

-.10 (.14)

-.03 (.07)

.18 (.13)

Z score < -2 SD

.47

.66

.18

(Wasting)

   

Weight-Height

-.03 (.07)

-.01 (.04)

.04 (.07)

Z Score < -3SD

.68

.85

.58

(Severe wasting)

   

Height Z score

-.30 (.25)

−16 (.13)

.54 (.23)

<-2 SD

.24

.25

.03

(Stunting)

   

Height Z score

-.09 (.17)

-.07 (.08)

.29 (.15)

<-3 SD

.58

.46

.08

(Severe stunting)

   

Weight Z score

-.34 (.24)

-.14 (.13)

.66 (.20)

<-2SD

.19

.31

<.01

(Underweight)

   

Weight Z score

-.08 (.10)

-.03 (.05)

.16 (.09)

<-3 SD

.43

.64

.10

(Severe underweight)

   

BMI Z score

-.07 (.14)

-.02 (.07)

.13 (.14)

<-2 SD

.63

.81

.33

(Wasting)

   

BMI Z score

-.01 (.07)

-.003 (.04)

.02 (.07)

<-3 SD

.89

.94

.75

(Severe wasting)

   

BMI Z score

14 (.14)

.019 (.07)

-.29 (.11)

≥2 SD

.32

.81

.02

(Overweight and obese)

   

BMI Z score

.04 (.04)

.004 (.02)

-.06 (.04)

≥3 SD

.36

.87

.13

(Obese)

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