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. 2019 Dec 3;23(Suppl 1):s89–s100. doi: 10.1017/S136898001900315X

Table 3.

Prevalence ratios (PR) of excess weight by categories of socio-economic indicators among children under 5 years and women of reproductive age in Peru (data are from the Peruvian National Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES) 2015)

Overweight Obesity OW
Crude PR 95 % CI Adjusted PR 95 % CI Crude PR 95 % CI Adjusted PR 95 % CI Crude PR 95 % CI Adjusted PR 95 % CI
Children aged <5 years
  Wealth index
    Low tertile Reference
    Medium tertile 2·22* 1·8, 2·7* 1·43* 1·1, 1·8 3·42* 1·9, 6·2 1·79 0·8, 4·1 2·36* 1·9, 2·9 1·47* 1·2, 1·8
    High tertile 3·20* 2·6, 3·9* 1·64* 1·3, 2·1 6·90* 3·9, 12·1 2·68* 1·1, 6·6 3·63* 3·0, 4·4 1·78* 1·4, 2·3
  Mother’s education level
    Low Reference
    Medium 1·69* 1·4, 2·0 1·07 0·9, 1·3 3·10* 1·8, 5·3 1·62 0·9, 2·8 1·86* 1·5, 2·2 1·14 0·9, 1·4
    High 2·49* 2·0, 3·2 1·44* 1·1, 1·9 5·65* 3·1, 10·3 2·80* 1·5, 5·2 2·86* 2·3, 3·6 1·62* 1·3, 2·1
  Ethnicity
    Non-indigenous Reference
    Indigenous 0·48* 0·3, 0·7 1·05 0·7, 1·5 0·11* 0·0, 0·3 0·38 0·1, 1·1 0·41* 0·3, 0·6 0·97 0·7, 1·4
Adolescent women aged 15–19 years§
  Wealth index
    Low tertile Reference
    Medium tertile 1·14 0·9, 1·4 1·34* 1·1, 1·7 2·19* 1·3, 3·7 1·17 0·6, 2·4 1·28* 1·1, 1·5 1·31* 1·1, 1·6
    High tertile 1·28* 1·1, 1·5 1·51* 1·2, 2·0 2·43* 1·4, 4·1 0·98 0·4, 2·2 1·43* 1·2, 1·7 1·38* 1·1, 1·7
  Woman’s education level
    Low Reference
    Medium 1·00 0·8, 1·3 0·98 0·7, 1·3 0·82 0·4, 1·7 0·62 0·3, 1·4 0·95 0·8, 1·2 0·89 0·7, 1·1
    High 0·86 0·6, 1·3 0·84 0·5, 1·3 0·68 0·2, 1·9 0·36 0·1, 1·1 0·82 0·6, 1·2 0·70 0·5, 1·1
  Ethnicity
    Non-indigenous Reference
    Indigenous 0·88 0·7, 1·1 0·91 0·7, 1·2 0·13* 0·0, 0·4 0·36 0·1, 1·1 0·72* 0·6, 0·9 0·87 0·7, 1·1
Adult women aged 20–49 years§
  Wealth index
    Low tertile Reference
    Medium tertile 0·96 0·9, 1·0 1·02 0·9, 1·1 1·52* 1·4, 1·7 1·34* 1·2, 1·5 1·14* 1·1, 1·2 1·12* 1·1, 1·2
    High tertile 0·99 0·9, 1·1 1·07 1·0, 1·2 1·30* 1·2, 1·4 1·12 1·0, 1·3 1·09* 1·04, 1·13 1·08* 1·0, 1·1
  Woman’s education level
    Low Reference
    Medium 0·94* 0·9, 1·0 1·01 0·9, 1·1 0·92* 0·9, 1·0 0·99 0·9, 1·1 0·94* 0·9, 1·0 0·99 0·9, 1·0
    High 0·88* 0·8, 0·9 0·97 0·9, 1·1 0·57* 0·5, 0·6 0·68* 0·6, 0·8 0·76* 0·7, 0·8 0·86* 0·8, 0·9
  Ethnicity
    Non-indigenous Reference
    Indigenous 0·96 0·9, 1·0 0·89* 0·8, 1·0 0·65* 0·6, 0·8 0·76* 0·6, 0·9 0·84* 0·8, 0·9 0·84* 0·8, 0·9

ENDES, Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar; OW, overweight/obesity.

An independent model was estimated for each socio-economic indicator (wealth index, education and ethnicity).

*

P < 0·05 v. low tertile/low education/non-indigenous.

In children, the adjusted model included BMI of their mothers, number of children in household, region and type or place of residence.

§

In women of reproductive age, the adjusted model included their age in years, total number of children ever born, region and type or place of residence.