Table 4.
Anthropometric variables in the different dairy consumption groups and prevalence of malnutrition after corrections for confounders †.
| <1 Dairy Consumption/Day | 1 Dairy Consumption/Day | ≥2 Dairy Consumptions/Day | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | |
| Age (years) | 7.8 a | 0.1 | 6.3 b | 0.1 | 7.1 c | 0.1 |
| Height (cm) | 114.6 a | 0.1 | 115.9 b | 0.1 | 117.1 c | 0.1 |
| Weight (kg) | 22.2 a | 0.2 | 22.8 b | 0.1 | 23.2 b | 0.2 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 16.0 a | 0.1 | 16.0 a | 0.1 | 16.1 a | 0.1 |
| HAZ | −1.09 a | 0.02 | −0.84 b | 0.02 | −0.63 c | 0.02 |
| WAZ | −0.90 a | 0.03 | −0.73 b | 0.03 | −0.50 c | 0.03 |
| BAZ | −0.26 a | 0.03 | −0.25 a | 0.03 | −0.17 a | 0.03 |
| Stunted (%) | 21.4 a | 15.2 b | 10.0 c | |||
| Underweight (%) | 18.0 a | 15.0 ab | 12.0 b | |||
| Thinness (%) | 6.9 a | 8.3 a | 7.9 a | |||
| Overweight (%) | 6.7 a | 6.7 a | 7.9 a | |||
| Obese (%) | 7.3 a | 6.9 a | 7.3 a | |||
† Except for age, all values are corrected for differences in age, sex, residence, education level of the mother, income quintile and country. Stunted is defined as HAZ <−2 SD; underweight as WAZ <−2 SD, and thinness as BAZ <−2 SD. Overweight and obesity are defined as BAZ > +2 SD and +3 SD, respectively, for children aged <5 years and >+1 SD and +2 SD, respectively, for children aged ≥5 years. a,b,c: Different letters in superscripts indicate significant difference with other cells in the same row.