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. 2018 May 2;21(13):2471–2481. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018000988

Table 3.

Adjusted associations between undernutrition (stunting and wasting) and overnutrition (overweight) and sociodemographic variables among children aged 0–59 months, Bangladesh, 2014*

Stunting Wasting Overweight
Variable Coefficient 95 % CrI Coefficient 95 % CrI Coefficient 95 % CrI
Intercept 12·573 11·016, 14·147 1·374 −0·512, 3·254 −8·308 −13·873, −2·784
Child’s age (months) 0·019 0·015, 0·022 −0·007 −0·011, −0·003 −0·006 −0·018, 0·005
Child’s sex
Male 0 0 0
Female −0·098 −0·203, 0·008 −0·129 −0·265, 0·007 −0·043 −0·434, 0·344
Mother’s age at first birth (years) −0·024 −0·042, −0·006 −0·010 −0·034, 0·013 0·021 −0·041, 0·078
Mother’s height (cm) −0·084 −0·094, −0·074 −0·017 −0·029, −0·004 0·020 −0·016, 0·056
First birth
No 0 0 0
Yes 0·007 −0·107, 0·121 0·064 −0·082, 0·209 −0·104 −0·517, 0·301
Mother’s education
Illiterate 0 0 0
1–5 years of schooling −0·042 −0·204, 0·119 0·098 −0·112, 0·312 0·294 −0·483, 1·176
6–9 years of schooling −0·268 −0·432, −0·104 −0·013 −0·229, 0·205 0·362 −0·379, 1·227
≥10 years of schooling −0·389 −0·653, −0·128 0·043 −0·288, 0·369 0·764 −0·116, 1·739
Place of residence
Rural 0 0 0
Urban 0·140 0·007, 0·273 −0·168 −0·344, 0·005 −0·056 −0·523, 0·405
Wealth index
Poor 0 0 0
Poorer −0·312 −0·473, −0·152 −0·036 −0·238, 0·164 0·135 −0·660, 0·937
Middle −0·394 −0·560, −0·228 −0·224 −0·439, −0·011 0·386 −0·352, 1·165
Richer −0·698 −0·877, −0·52 −0·374 −0·606, −0·143 −0·042 −0·876, 0·799
Richest −1·251 −1·473, −1·031 −0·434 −0·712, −0·159 1·213 0·462, 2·023
Unstructured random effect 0·095 0·192, 0·048 0·125 0·266, 0·056 0·009 0·046, 0·004
Structured random effect 0·291 0·442, 0·191 0·150 0·358, 0·061 0·165 0·667, 0·063
DIC 8179·12 5658·81 1065·54

CrI, credible interval; DIC, deviance information criterion.

*

Spatial model adjusting for both the district-level clustering and spatial (neighbouring) effects in addition to individual-level risk factors.