Table 2. Prevalence of stunting amongst children in Segamat, Malaysia according to the World Health Organization 2007 versus Centers for Disease Control 2000 reference.
| WHO | CDC | Agreement1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 16.5 | (15.1, 17.9) | 29.1 | (27.8, 30.4) | 0.73 |
| Sex, n (%) | |||||
| Male | 19.9 | (17.7, 22.2) | 28.8 | (27.0, 30.6) | 0.77 |
| Female | 17.9 | (15.7, 20.0) | 29.4 | (27.5, 31.2) | 0.69 |
| Age, years, n (%) | |||||
| 6-9 | 12.9 | (11.3, 14.6) | 20.1 | (18.0, 22.2) | 0.75 |
| 10-14 | 18.4 | (15.8, 21.0) | 26.9 | (24.9, 28.9) | 0.77 |
| 15-19 | 23.7 | (21.8, 25.7) | 37.8 | (35.4, 40.3) | 0.68 |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||||
| Malay | 18.1 | (16.4, 19.7) | 31.8 | (30.2, 33.5) | 0.72 |
| Indian | 13.1 | (10.3, 15.9) | 24.1 | (20.3, 27.8) | 0.73 |
| Chinese | 12.8 | (10.7, 14.9) | 22.3 | (19.7, 24.8) | 0.75 |
| Bumiputera/Orang Asli | 19.2 | (11.4, 27.0) | 34.4 | (24.0, 44.8) | 0.70 |
| Other | 13.1 | (5.5, 20.7) | 18.7 | (9.3, 28.2) | 0.91 |
WHO, World Health Organization; CDC, Centers for Disease Control.
1
Agreement in classification of stunting between references was calculated using Cohen's kappa coefficient.
Estimates are for adjusted prevalence, based on mixed effects Poisson regression models including sex, age and ethnicity and adjusted for clustering at the household level.