Table 5. Within country correlations between underweight and overweight among women of younger, middle, and older age groups in Colombia and South Africa.

	Colombia			South Africa
Case	N	r **	P-value	N	r **	P-value
Study sample*	27062	−0.55	0.000	4263	−0.54	0.010
Women aged 15–24 y	13063	−0.76	0.000	2038	−0.45	0.052
Women aged 25–49 y	23607	−0.71	0.000	3394	−0.46	0.086
Women aged 50+ years	7575	−0.80	0.018	2410	−0.88	0.002

Notes:

*Study sample includes all non-pregnant women aged 20–49 and included women with and without children of any age.

**Correlations adjusted for age, education, household wealth, and place of residence.