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Table 2 Anthropometric variables for children, their mothers, and child-mother diads

From: Understanding the complex determinants of height and adiposity in disadvantaged daycare preschoolers in Salvador, NE Brazil through structural equation modelling

 

Mean (95 % CI)

Children

 

 HAZ Males

0.13 (−0.03, 0.29)

 HAZ Females

0.23 (0.07, 0.39)

 BMIZ Males

−0.33 (0.50, −0.16)

 BMIZ Females

−0.07 (−0.25, 0.11)

 

n

%

 Stunted (HAZ < −2SD)

9/364

2.5

 Mildly stunted (HAZ < −1 ≥ −2SD)

32/364

8.8

 Wasted (WHZ < −2SD)

5/361

1.4

 Mildly wasted (WHZ < −1 ≥ −2SD)

49/361

13.6

 Overweight (BMIZ > 1 ≤ 2SD)

40/364

11.0

 Obese (BMIZ > 2SD)

12/364

3.3

 Stunted or mildly stunted & overweight or obese

7/41

17.1

Mothers

  

 Short (Height < 150 cm)

25/312

8.0

 Underweight (BMI < 18.5)

13/312

4.2

 Overweight (BMI ≥ 25)

100/312

32.1

 Obese (BMI ≥ 30)

67/312

21.5

 Short & overweight or obese

13/25

52.0

Child-Mother Diads

  

 Wasted or mildly wasted children with overweight or obese mothers

15/42

35.7

 Overweight or obese children with overweight or obese mothers

33/46

71.7