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. 2018 Oct 9;22(1):44–54. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018002495

Table 2.

Prevalence of double burden of malnutrition in 6–59-month-old children living with their 20–49-year-old mothers (437 child–mother pairs), Greater Tunis area, Tunisia, 2009/2010

All (n 437) Girls (n 215) Boys (n 222) Girls v. boys
%* 95 % CI %* %* P value
Anaemic§ child and overweight mother 24·4 20·1, 29·3 24·9 24·0 0·80
Anaemic child and obese mother 14·4 11·0, 18·5 14·5 14·2 0·95
Overweight child and anaemic mother 3·7 2·2, 6·3 4·1 3·4 0·72
Obese child and anaemic mother 1·2 0·5, 2·9 2·0 0·4 0·15
Stunted** child and overweight mother 3·7 2·1, 6·4 3·2 4·2 0·60
Stunted child and obese mother 1·2 0·5, 3·3 0·7 1·8 0·40
Wasted†† child and overweight mother 1·1 0·4, 2·7 0·6 1·6 0·33
Wasted child and obese mother 0·9 0·3, 2·5 0·6 1·3 0·47
*

Weighted proportions.

95 % CI taking the sampling design into account.

P value for girls v. boys contrast.

§

Anaemia: for children, Hb<110 g/l; for mothers, Hb<120 g/l.

Overweight: for children, BMI-for-age Z-score>2; for mothers, BMI≥25·0·kg/m2.

Obesity: for children, BMI-for-age Z-score>3; for mothers, BMI≥30·0·kg/m2.

**

Stunting: height-for-age Z-score<−2.

††

Wasting: weight-for-height Z-score<−2.