Table 1.
Prevalence (%) of undernutrition (stunting and wasting) and overnutrition (overweight) by sociodemographic variables among children aged 0–59 months (n 6933), Bangladesh, 2014
| Stunting* | Wasting† | Overweight‡ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI |
| Place of residence | |||||||
| Urban | 2181 | 30·7 | 27·4, 34·2 | 12·2 | 10·5, 14·1 | 2·1 | 0·9, 1·8 |
| Rural | 4752 | 38·0 | 36·0, 40·1 | 15·1 | 13·7, 16·5 | 1·3 | 1·5, 3·0 |
| P value | <0·001 | <0·001 | 0·021 | ||||
| Child’s age (months) | |||||||
| 0–5 | 554 | 14·1 | 10·0, 19·8 | 20·1 | 15·3, 25·8 | 1·2 | 0·5, 3·0 |
| 6–11 | 782 | 19·6 | 16·4, 23·1 | 18·0 | 14·5, 22·0 | 1·7 | 1·0, 3·0 |
| 12–17 | 765 | 31·0 | 26·3, 36·1 | 17·4 | 14·0, 21·5 | 2·1 | 1·2, 3·8 |
| 18–23 | 685 | 46·6 | 40·5, 52·8 | 12·4 | 9·8, 15·7 | 2·2 | 1·2, 3·8 |
| ≥24 | 4147 | 41·6 | 39·2, 44·0 | 12·6 | 11·4, 13·9 | 1·3 | 0·8, 1·8 |
| P value | <0·001 | <0·001 | 0·147 | ||||
| Child’s sex | |||||||
| Male | 3552 | 36·9 | 34·8, 38·9 | 15·1 | 13·2, 17·1 | 1·5 | 1·1, 2·1 |
| Female | 3381 | 35·4 | 33·0, 37·9 | 13·5 | 12·2, 15·1 | 1·5 | 1·1, 2·0 |
| P value | 0·067 | 0·053 | 0·813 | ||||
| Mother’s age at first birth (years) | |||||||
| ≤19 | 5064 | 38·7 | 36·6, 40·7 | 14·6 | 13·2, 16·1 | 1·3 | 1·0, 1·8 |
| 20–29 | 1806 | 29·5 | 26·7, 32·4 | 13·6 | 11·7, 15·8 | 2·0 | 1·4, 2·9 |
| ≥30 | 63 | 25·4 | 13·8, 42·0 | 11·7 | 3·7, 31·4 | 0·7 | 0·2, 4·9 |
| P value | <0·001 | 0·025 | 0·042 | ||||
| Mothers’ height (cm) | |||||||
| ≤150 | 3410 | 45·9 | 43·5, 48·4 | 15·1 | 13·4, 17·0 | 1·3 | 0·9, 1·9 |
| >150 | 3523 | 26·4 | 24·4, 28·5 | 13·6 | 12·3, 15·0 | 1·7 | 1·2, 2·3 |
| P value | <0·001 | 0·030 | 0·360 | ||||
| First birth child | |||||||
| Yes | 2685 | 31·6 | 29·3, 34·1 | 14·1 | 12·3, 16·0 | 1·7 | 1·2, 2·4 |
| No | 4248 | 39·0 | 36·9, 41·2 | 14·5 | 13·2, 15·9 | 1·4 | 1·0, 1·9 |
| P value | <0·001 | 0·894 | 0·501 | ||||
| Mother’s education | |||||||
| Illiterate | 1071 | 47·3 | 42·3, 52·3 | 14·7 | 12·3, 17·5 | 0·7 | 0·3, 1·5 |
| 1–5 years of schooling | 1924 | 43·8 | 40·9, 46·8 | 15·3 | 13·2, 17·6 | 1·1 | 0·7, 1·8 |
| 6–9 years of schooling | 3206 | 31·0 | 29·0, 33·1 | 13·9 | 12·5, 15·5 | 1·6 | 1·2, 2·3 |
| ≥10 years of schooling | 732 | 19·7 | 16·4, 23·5 | 12·8 | 10·3, 15·8 | 3·6 | 2·2, 5·7 |
| P value | <0·001 | 0·010 | <0·001 | ||||
| Wealth index | |||||||
| Poorest | 1503 | 49·4 | 45·5, 53·2 | 17·0 | 14·8, 19·5 | 0·7 | 0·3, 1·2 |
| Poor | 1300 | 42·3 | 39·2, 45·5 | 16·5 | 14·3, 19·1 | 1·2 | 0·7, 2·3 |
| Middle | 1377 | 36·2 | 33·3, 39·2 | 12·7 | 10·2, 15·7 | 1·2 | 0·7, 2·3 |
| Rich | 1411 | 31·1 | 27·6, 34·8 | 13·3 | 11·0, 15·9 | 1·1 | 0·6, 2·0 |
| Richest | 1342 | 19·5 | 16·8, 22·5 | 11·8 | 09·6, 14·4 | 3·6 | 2·6, 5·1 |
| P value | <0·001 | <0·001 | <0·001 | ||||
| All | 6933 | 36·2 | 34·4, 38·0 | 14·3 | 13·2, 15·5 | 1·5 | 1·2, 1·9 |
*
Stunting defined as low height-for-age.
†
Wasting defined as low weight-for-age.
‡
Overweight defined as high weight-for-age.