Table 4.
Nutrition status of Syrian refugee children*, prevalence and results of multivariable analysis, IOM, 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016
| Wasting (zWFH <− 2)*** | Stunting (zHFA < − 2)*** | Overweight & Obesity (zWFH > 2)*** | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % (95% CI) | OR (95% CI)** | p-value | % (95% CI) | OR (95% CI)** | p-value | % (95% CI) | OR (95% CI)** | p-value | |
| All children* | 10,877 | 3.6 (3.2, 3.9) | 8.8 (8.3, 9.4) | 11.6 (11.0, 12.2) | ||||||
| Age group | ||||||||||
| 6 to 11 | 985 | 6.8 (5.3, 8.5) | 2.09 (1.51, 2.91) | 0.0001 | 13.3 (11.2, 15.6) | 2.56 (2.00, 3.28) | 0.0001 | 17.4 (15.1, 20.0) | 2.33 (1.88, 2.90) | 0.0001 |
| 12 to 23 | 2280 | 3.3 (2.6, 4.1) | 0.97 (0.71, 1.33) | 0.8520 | 12.1 (10.8, 13.5) | 2.29 (1.86,2.81) | 0.0001 | 15.0 (13.6, 16.5) | 1.97 (1.64, 2.36) | 0.0001 |
| 24 to 35 | 2349 | 3.1 (2.4, 3.9) | 0.92 (0.67, 1.27) | 0.6270 | 8.9 (7.8, 10.2) | 1.59 (1.28, 1.97) | 0.0001 | 10.6 (9.4, 11.9) | 1.33 (1.10, 1.61) | 0.0030 |
| 36 to 47 | 2639 | 3.3 (2.7, 4.1) | 0.99 (0.73, 1.33) | 0.9250 | 7.1 (6.2, 8.2) | 1.24 (0.99, 1.54) | 0.0570 | 10.7 (9.5, 11.9) | 1.34 (1.11, 1.61) | 0.0020 |
| 48 to 59 | 2624 | 3.3 (2.7, 4.1) | Ref. | 5.9 (5.1, 6.9) | Ref. | 8.2 (7.2, 9.4) | Ref. | |||
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 5636 | 3.5 (3.1, 4.0) | Ref. | 9.0 (8.2, 9.7) | Ref. | 13.0 (12.2, 13.9) | Ref. | |||
| Female | 5241 | 3.6 (3.1, 4.2) | 1.03 (0.84, 1.27) | 0.7570 | 8.7 (7.9, 9.5) | 0.97 (0.85, 1.11) | 0.6240 | 10.0 (9.2, 10.9) | 0.74 (0.66, 0.83) | 0.0001 |
| Family size | ||||||||||
| 1 to 5 | 6109 | 3.9 (3.4, 4.4) | Ref. | 8.1 (7.4, 8.8) | Ref. | 12.2 (11.4, 13.1) | Ref. | |||
| 6 to 10 | 4679 | 3.2 (2.7, 3.7) | 0.81 (0.65, 1.00) | 0.0460 | 9.8 (9.0, 10.7) | 1.35 (1.17, 1.54) | 0.0001 | 10.7 (9.9, 11.7) | 0.87 (0.77, 0.99) | 0.0310 |
| 11 and up | 89 | 4.5 (1.2, 11.1) | 1.31 (0.47, 3.64) | 0.5990 | 7.9 (3.2, 15.5) | 1.09 (0.50, 2.39) | 0.8250 | 11.2 (5.5, 19.7) | 0.95 (0.49, 1.85) | 0.8770 |
| Country | ||||||||||
| Jordan | 5282 | 4.1 (3.6, 4.7) | Ref. | 7.4 (6.7, 8.1) | Ref. | 11.9 (11.0, 12.8) | Ref. | |||
| Lebanon | 4439 | 2.4 (1.9, 2.9) | 0.56 (0.44,0.71) | 0.0001 | 9.6 (8.7, 10.5) | 1.40 (1.21, 1.61) | 0.0001 | 11.9 (11.0, 13.0) | 1.00 (0.88, 1.13) | 0.9780 |
| Turkey | 560 | 4.6 (3.1, 6.7) | 1.10 (0.72, 1.67) | 0.6640 | 13.2 (10.5, 16.3) | 2.00 (1.53, 2.62) | 0.0001 | 10.0 (7.6, 12.8) | 0.79 (0.59, 1.06) | 0.1140 |
| Egypt | 235 | 8.1 (4.9, 12.3) | 2.09 (1.28, 3.41) | 0.0030 | 16.6 (12.1, 22.0) | 2.73 (1.90, 3.93) | 0.0001 | 9.4 (5.9, 13.8) | 0.79 (0.50, 1.24) | 0.3030 |
| Greece | 213 | 3.2 (1.3, 6.7) | 0.75 (0.35, 1.63) | 0.4730 | 7.5 (4.4, 11.9) | 1.04 (0.62, 1.75) | 0.8850 | 6.6 (3.6, 10.8) | 0.50 (0.29, 0.86) | 0.0130 |
| Iraq | 148 | 9.5 (5.3, 15.4) | 2.38 (1.35, 4.21) | 0.0030 | 7.4 (3.8, 12.9) | 1.06 (0.57, 1.98) | 0.8560 | 6.1 (2.8, 11.2) | 0.47 (0.24, 0.92) | 0.0280 |
*Considered only the six top countries with information on family size
**Odds ratios were adjusted for the other variables
***All models of each outcome variable were significant (p-value< 0.01)