Table 2.

Association (unadjusted) between household wealth status and being overweight and obese among women ageing between 15 and 49 years in Nepal and Bangladesh

	Nepal		Bangladesh
	Overweight COR (95%CI)	Obese COR (95%CI)	Overweight COR (95%CI)	Obese COR (95%CI)
Wealth index
Poorest *	*	*	*	*
Poorer	1.159 (0.845–1.590)	1.736 (1.138–2.649)	1.324 (1.131–1.550)	1.441 (1.224–1.697)
Middle	1.437 (1.054–1.958)	2.557 (1.707–3.830)	1.630 (1.400–1.897)	2.286 (1.963–2.664)
Richer	2.009 (1.479–2.728)	6.079 (4.151–8.903)	2.160 (1.862–2.506)	3.764 (3.249–4.360)
Richest	3.324 (2.481–4.454)	13.976 (9.673–20.194)	3.120 (2.679–3.633)	9.383 (8.110–10.855)

^* indicates reference category.

COR, crude odds ratios.