Table 7 Associations of early life famine exposure and adulthood anthropometric measurements stratified by sex and residency, multivariable linear regression analysis, North Wollo Zone, Raya Kobo district, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 1384)
Heighta | Famine exposure status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Early life exposed | Prenatal exposed | post-natal exposed | Adolescence Exposed | Non-exposed | |
Male | −4.67 (−6.36, −2.97) | −1.44 (−2.86, −0.03) | −1.42 (−3.05, 0.21) | −1.1 (− 1.30, −4.83) | Ref. |
Female | − 0.16 (− 4.56, 4.24) | − 2.73 (− 4.45, − 1.02) | − 2.30 (− 4.05, − 0.53) | − 1.60 (− 3.05, 4.16) | Ref. |
Urban | −0.36 (− 1.56, 0.82) | 0.07 (− 3.82, − 3.97) | 0.98 (− 2.42, 0.45) | 0.45 (− 6.04, 5.13) | Ref. |
Rural | −4.24 (− 6.39, − 2.09) | −2.47 (− 4.63,0.31) | − 3.33 (−5.43, − 1.24) | −2.28 (−9.15, 4.72) | Ref. |
Waist to height ratio (WHtR) | |||||
Male | 0.02 (0.02,0.04) | 0.02 (0.01, 0.03) | 0.02 (0.01, 0.04) | 0.07 (0.03, 0.04) | Ref. |
Female | 0.07(− 0.08,0.02) | 0.02 (0.04 0.05) | 0.02 (0.02, 0.05) | 0.02 (0.03, 0.04) | Ref. |
Urban | 0.03 (0.02, 0.05) | 0.03 (0.03,0.054) | 0.10 (−0.20, 0.02) | 0.03 (− 0.09, 0.03) | Ref. |
Rural | 0.07 (−0.06, 0.02) | 0.03 (0.02, 0.03) | 0.07(−0.12, 0.05) | 0.05 (−0.05, 0.05) | Ref. |
Body mass index | |||||
Male | −0.15 (− 0.93, 0.63) | −0.20 (− 1.20, 0.80) | 0.20 (−2.4, 2.7) | − 1.36 (− 2.27, 0.52) | Ref. |
Female | 0.23 (− 0.62, 1.07) | 0.84 (− 0.19, 1.88) | 0.16 (− 0.89, 1.22) | 0.16(− 0.89, 1.22) | Ref. |
Urban | −0.34(− 1.05, 0.37) | −0.07(− 0.99, 0.84) | −0.58(− 1.42, 0.38) | −0.37(− 1.15, 0.41) | Ref. |
Rural | 0.56(−0.44, 1.56) | 1.06 (− 0.25, 2.38) | 0.65 (− 0.60, 1.92) | 0.02 (− 1.01, 1.04) | Ref. |