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. 2021 Jun 19;29(8):1363–1374. doi: 10.1002/oby.23188

TABLE 4.

Relationship between the aggregated prevalence of child undernutrition, maternal overweight/obesity, and DBM

Exposure Observed crude prevalencea (%) DBM expected prevalence (A*B/100) C/A ratio C/B ratio
(A) Child undernutrition (B) Maternal overweight/obesity (C) DBM
Urbanization level (inh/km2)
1 to 500 24.2 56.5 11.5 13.7 0.48 0.20
501 to 1,000 13.2 61.8 7.6 8.2 0.58 0.12
1,001 to 2,500 10.9 58.4 5.3 6.4 0.49 0.09
2,501 to 5,000 7.1 66.9 4.6 4.7 0.65 0.07
5,001 to 7,500 8.3 67.3 5.2 5.6 0.63 0.08
7,501 to 10,000 5.7 66.2 3.7 3.8 0.65 0.06
10,001 to 15,000 7.0 67.0 4.5 4.7 0.64 0.07
≥15,001 5.0 65.4 3.3 3.3 0.66 0.05
Exposure Observed adjusted prevalencea (%) DBM expected prevalence (A*B/100) C/A ratio C/B ratio
(A) Child undernutrition (B) Maternal overweight/obesity (C) DBM
Urbanization level (inh/km2)
1 to 500 19.8 58.8 9.7 11.6 0.49 0.16
501 to 1,000 14.9 60.3 8.3 9.0 0.56 0.14
1,001 to 2,500 11.9 59.5 5.9 7.1 0.50 0.10
2,501 to 5,000 9.6 64.4 5.9 6.2 0.61 0.09
5,001 to 7,500 11.8 64.1 7.0 7.6 0.59 0.11
7,501 to 10,000 9.9 61.3 5.8 6.1 0.59 0.09
10,001 to 15,000 11.5 62.7 6.8 7.2 0.59 0.11
≥15,001 9.3 60.5 5.5 5.6 0.59 0.09

Model adjusted by urbanization level, sex and age of child, age and educational attainment of mother, socioeconomic status, altitude, and survey year.

Abbreviations: DBM, double burden of malnutrition; inh/km2, inhabitants/km2.

a

Poisson log generalized linear models, accounting for the complex survey design.