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Table 2 Nutritional status of the mothers

From: Socioeconomic determinants of malnutrition among mothers in the Amoron’i Mania region of Madagascar: a cross-sectional study

Nutritional status (n = 670)

Mean [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

Weight (kg)

48.1 [47.5–48.6]

 

Height (cm)

151.9 [151.4–152.3]

 

  < 145

 

8.8 [6.9–11.2]

MUAC (mm)

250.5 [248.7–252.3]

 

  < 220

 

8.7 [6.7–11.0]

BMI (kg/m2)

20.8 [20.6–21.0]

 

  < 18.5

 

17.0 [14.3–20.1]

 18.5–24.9

 

76.0 [72.6–79.1]

 25–29.9

 

5.8 [4.3–7.9]

  ≥ 30

 

1.2 [0.6–2.4]

  1. CI confidence interval, MUAC Mid Upper Arm Circumference, BMI Body Mass Index