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. 2019 Sep 6;90(3):266–274. doi: 10.23750/abm.v90i3.7685

Table 3.

Factors associated with overweight/obese mother and stunted child

Parameters Overweight/obese mother and stunted child
Yes No (%) No No (%) χ2 P value
Mothers characteristics
Age (years) 2.4 0.124
<30 14 (8.0) 160 (92.0)
>30 17 (13.5) 109 (86.5)
Family setting 0.07 0.788
Monogamy 27 (10.3) 236 (89.7)
Polygamy 4(11.8) 30 (88.2)
Parity 2.2 0.137
<4 26 (9.8) 240 (91.2)
>4 6 (2.0) 289 (92.0)
Number of children in the family 8.3 0.004
<4 21 (8.3) 232 (91.7)
>4 10 (22.7) 34 (77.3)
Level of education 4.3 0.227
No formal education 0 (0.0) 4 (100.0)
Primary 11 (15.3) 61 (84.7)
Secondary 16 (10.3) 139 (89.7)
Tertiary 4 (6.2) 65 (94.2)
Residence 6.1 0.014
Rural 22 (14.7) 128 (85.3)
Urban 9 (6.0) 141 (94.0)
Height (cm) 7.8 0.005
<152 7 (25.9) 20 (74.1)
>152 24 (8.8) 249 (91.2)
Social class 1.03 0.597
Upper 1 (5.3) 18 (94.7)
Middle 4 (8.0) 46 (92.0)
Lower 26 (11.3) 205 (88.7)
Children characteristics
Age (months) 6.5 0.167
0-11 3 (4.9) 58 (95.1)
12-23 13 (14.4) 77 (85.5)
24-35 4 (6.6) 57 (93.4)
36-47 4 (8.7) 42 (91.3)
48-59 7 (16.7) 35 (83.3)
Gender 0.781 0.377
Male 17 (12.0) 125 (88.0)
Female 14 (8.9) 144 (91.1)
Birth order 0.38 0.537
1-4 28 (10.0) 251 (90.0)
>5 3 (14.3) 18 (85.7)