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. 2020 Mar 19;15(3):e0230785. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230785

Table 3.

Variables Mothers with normal BMI (n = 133) Mothers with high BMI (n = 181)
Total, n Thinness, % Normal, % Overweight, % p Total, n Thinness, % Normal, % Overweight, % p
N 133 36 82 15 181 18 134 29
% 27.1 61.7 11.3 9.9 74.0 16.0
Sex 0.76 0.66
 Boy 51 27.5 58.8 13.7 74 10.8 74.3 14.9
 Girl 82 26.8 63.4 9.8 107 9.4 73.8 16.8
Grade 0.55 0.33
 1 38 26.3 63.2 10.5 40 7.5 82.5 10.0
 2 26 23.1 57.7 19.2 27 7.4 74.1 18.5
 3 25 32.0 56.0 12.0 42 7.1 69.1 23.8
 4 21 28.6 61.9 9.5 36 8.3 72.2 19.4
 5 23 26.1 69.6 4.4 36 19.4 72.2 8.3
Mother’s age (years) 0.32 0.81
 20–29 18 11.1 66.7 22.2 18 5.6 83.3 11.1
 30–39 78 30.8 60.3 9.0 98 10.2 72.5 17.4
 40–49 34 29.4 58.8 11.8 62 9.7 75.8 14.5
 50–59 3 0.0 100.0 0 3 33.3 33.3 33.3
Maternal education 0.39 0.10
 Low (up to primary) 20 45.0 50.0 5.0 27 22.2 59.3 18.5
 Middle (incomplete secondary) 36 19.4 66.7 13.9 63 12.7 73.0 14.3
 High (complete secondary or higher) 77 26.0 62.3 11.7 91 4.4 79.1 16.5
Maternal employment status 0.02 0.82
 Housewife 101 29.7 63.4 6.9 132 11.4 71.2 17.4
 Employment 26 19.2 57.7 23.1 41 7.3 85.4 7.3
 Others 6 16.7 50.0 33.3 8 0.0 62.5 37.5
Household income (monthly average, Rs.) 0.88 0.18
 Low (< 15,000) 38 31.6 52.6 15.8 37 8.1 83.8 8.1
 Middle (15,000–< 50,000) 84 25.0 66.7 8.3 116 11.2 72.4 16.4
 High (≥ 50,000) 11 27.3 54.6 18.2 28 7.1 67.9 25.0
Total number of members of the household 0.08 0.32
 2–3 22 27.3 50.0 22.7 22 4.6 68.2 27.3
 4 44 15.9 75.0 9.1 70 11.4 71.4 17.1
 5 41 31.7 61.0 7.3 58 10.3 81.0 8.6
 6–10 26 38.5 50.0 11.5 31 9.7 71.0 19.4

BMI: body mass index, Mothers with normal BMI: 18.5–< 25 kg/m2, Mothers with high BMI: ≥ 25 kg/m2, Child BAZ: BMI-for-age z-score, Thinness: BAZ < -2SD, Normal: BAZ -2SD–+1SD, Overweight: BAZ > +1SD, SD: standard deviation