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. 2020 Jun 30;16(Suppl 2):e12910. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12910

Table 3.

Association between independent variables and stunting, wasting, overweight, concurrent stunting and overweight, and concurrent stunting and wasting among children 0–59 months

Stunted onlya Wasted onlyb Overweight onlyc

Stunted

and overweightd

Stunted and

wastede

RRR 95% CI RRR 95% CI RRR 95% CI RRR 95% CI RRR 95% CI
Child age (months)
0–5 0.97 0.72, 1.32 2.91*** 2.16, 3.92 0.11*** 0.06, 0.21 5.27*** 2.70, 10.30 1.69 0.68, 4.17
6–11 0.89 0.65, 1.21 0.86 0.58, 1.29 0.16*** 0.09, 0.26 1.67 0.70, 4.00 0.60 0.01, 1.58
12–23 1.47** 1.18, 1.83 0.95 0.71, 1.28 0.55*** 0.44, 0.69 1.62 0.81, 3.24 1.27 0.60, 2.69
24–35 1.56*** 1.26, 1.94 1.06 0.79, 1.41 1.14 0.94, 1.38 2.40** 1.26, 4.56 1.21 0.56, 2.58
36–47 0.97

0.76, 1.23

0.81 0.60, 1.10 0.80* 0.65, 0.97 3.08*** 1.67, 5.70 0.90 0.41, 1.99
48–59 (Reference)
Child sex
Female 0.87 0.76, 1.00 1.04 0.87, 1.25 0.86* 0.74, 0.99 0.50*** 0.34, 0.71 0.38** 0.22, 0.66
Male (Reference)
Low birth weight (<2,500 g) 3.42*** 2.86, 4.10 0.88 0.62, 1.24 0.81 0.60, 1.09 1.83* 1.13, 2.97 3.27*** 1.78, 6.02
Maternal age (years) 1.02*** 1.01, 1.03 1.03*** 1.02, 1.04 1.00 0.99, 1.00 1.03*** 1.02, 1.05 1.01 0.99, 1.03
Maternal education (<9 years) 1.30 ** 1.10, 1.54 1.30* 1.06, 1.61 0.79* 0.65, 0.96 1.23 0.81, 1.85 1.57 0.96, 2.56
Region
Central 1.38 0.99, 1.94 1.22 0.75, 1.99 0.73* 0.55, 0.99 3.23* 1.33, 7.84 0.43 0.15, 1.24
North 0.90 0.62, 1.31 1.02 0.60, 1.72 0.85 0.61, 1.18 1.88 0.72, 4.94 0.59 0.20, 1.79
Northeast 0.91 0.63, 1.31 0.92 0.55, 1.55 0.90 0.66, 1.23 2.09 0.80, 5.48 0.34 0.11, 1.05
South 1.63** 1.14, 2.34 1.71* 1.03, 2.85 0.78 0.56, 1.08 2.24 0.86, 5.85 0.53 0.17, 1.67
Bangkok (Reference)
Household area
Urban 0.89 0.76, 1.05 0.76* 0.61, 0.94 0.98 0.83, 1.15 1.06 0.73, 1.54 0.89 0.49, 1.61
Rural (Reference)
Household wealth quintile
Poorest 1.44** 1.10, 1.88 1.96*** 1.35, 2.85 0.97 0.73, 1.31 0.82 0.43, 1.57 2.30 0.90, 5.92
Second 1.13 0.88, 1.45 1.47* 1.04, 2.10 1.10 0.84, 1.45 0.84 0.48, 1.49 1.09 0.42, 2.81
Third 0.88 0.68, 1.13 1.76** 1.25, 2.47 1.29 0.99, 1.68 0.89 0.52, 1.54 1.09 0.43, 2.76
Fourth 0.80 0.63, 1.02 0.99 0.69, 1.40 1.60*** 1.25, 2.04 0.43** 0.23, 0.81 0.61 0.22, 1.67
Wealthiest (Reference)
Household size (# of members) 1.18*** 1.14, 1.22 1.02 0.98, 1.08 0.96* 0.92, 0.99 0.85** 0.76, 0.94 1.16* 1.04, 1.31
Unimproved sanitation g 1.64** 1.17, 2.30 0.41* 0.20, 0.82 1.20 0.80, 1.78 4.41*** 2.54, 7.65 0.53 0.11, 2.63

Note. Continuous variables: maternal age and household size; categorical variables: child age group, child sex, low birth weight, maternal education, region, household area, household wealth quintile, and unimproved sanitation.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; RRR, relative risk ratio.

a

Length/height‐for‐age < −2 SD below WHO Child Growth Standards median.

b

Weight‐for‐length/height < −2 SD below WHO Child Growth Standards median.

Weight‐for‐length/height > +2 SD above WHO Child Growth Standards median.

Length/height‐for‐age < −2 SD below WHO Child Growth Standards median and weight‐for‐length/height > +2 SD above WHO Child Growth Standards median.

Length/height‐for‐age < −2 SD below WHO Child Growth Standards median and weight‐for‐length/height < −2 SD below WHO Child Growth Standards median.

Flush/pour flush to elsewhere (not into a pit, septic tank, or sewer); pit latrine without slab/open pit; bucket toilet; hanging toilet/latrine; no facility/bush/field (open defecation).

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001.