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Table 5 Multivariate analysis of determinants for thinness and overweight/obesity among schoolchildren

From: The double burden of malnutrition in a rural health and demographic surveillance system site in South Africa: a study of primary schoolchildren and their mothers

Thinness

AOR

95%CI

P-value

Child’ sex

1.53

1.01–2.35

0.05*

Maternal BMI

1.48

1.01–2.18

0.05*

Maternal WHR

1.41

0.89–2.21

0.14

Access to water

0.58

0.34–0.97

0.04*

Overweight/obesity

 Learning grade

0.48

0.28–0.84

0.01*

 Maternal BMI

0.18

0.07–0.46

≤0.0001*

 Maternal marital status

0.63

0.36–1.10

0.10

 Maternal education

1.65

0.94–2.88

0.08

  1. * indicates significance