Table 3.
Participant Nutritional Status by Study Country and Sex.
| Bolivia | Dominican Republic | Honduras | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women, n = 29, n (%) | Men, n = 41, n (%) | Women, n = 110, n (%) | Men, n = 50, n (%) | Women, n = 121, n (%) | Men, n = 49, n (%) | |
| Body mass index classificationsa | ||||||
| Underweight | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 21 (19) | 7 (14) | 6 (5) | 4 (8) |
| Normal | 14 (48) | 31 (76) | 44 (40) | 27 (54) | 64 (53) | 42 (86) |
| Overweight | 14 (48) | 8 (20) | 25 (23) | 14 (28) | 34 (28) | 3 (6) |
| Obese | 1 (5) | 1 (2) | 20 (18) | 2 (4) | 17 (14) | 0 (0) |
| Body fat classifications (bioelectric impedance) | ||||||
| Low | 1 (5) | 11 (28) | 34 (31) | 8 (17) | 17 (14) | 17 (35) |
| Normal | 15 (52) | 10 (24) | 32 (29) | 12 (24) | 50 (41) | 14 (29) |
| High | 6 (19) | 15 (36) | 16 (15) | 12 (24) | 8 (7) | 9 (18) |
| Very high | 7 (24) | 5 (12) | 28 (25) | 18 (35) | 46 (38) | 9 (18) |
a
Defined as kg/m2 and using World Health Organization cutoffs of underweight (<18.5), normal (18.5–24.9), overweight (25.0–29.9), and obese (≥30).36