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. 2011 Sep 28;6(9):e25120. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025120

Table 3. Global (country and neighborhood level) and within-country (neighborhood) age-adjusted correlation of underweight and overweight among men aged 15–54 from DHS surveys in seven low- to middle-income countries.

Country r P-value
Global *
Country-level −0.72 0.28
Neighborhood-level −0.39 <0.0001
Country (n)
Azerbaijan (2,484) −0.23 0.36
Egypt (5,640) −0.40 0.019
India (71,289) −0.42 <0.0001
Swaziland (4,053) −0.49 0.09
Uganda (2,456) −0.65 0.002
Colombia (28,273)** −0.18 0.025
South Africa (5,591)** −0.56 <0.001

Notes:

*n = 7 countries; 10,746 neighborhoods; 119,786 individuals.

**(Age 15+ y).

Correlations are based on the neighborhood-level covariance in underweight and overweight from age-adjusted models.