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Table 2 Correlation coefficients (95% CI) between Maternal and Child Anthropometry Indices. EDHS, 2011

From: Maternal undernutrition as proxy indicators of their offspring’s undernutrition: evidence from 2011 Ethiopia demographic and health survey

 

Maternal Anthropometry

(Pearson correlation coefficients)

Child anthropometry

BMI

Weight

Height

0–59 months (n = 8505)

1HAZ

0.109 (0.088, 0.130) *

0.203 (0.183, 0.224) *

0.192 (0.171, 0.212) *

2WAZ

0.212 (0.192, 0.232) *

0.281 (0.261, 0.301) *

0.141 (0.120, 0.161) *

3WHZ

0.191 (0.170, 0.211) *

0.178 (0.157, 0.198) *

− 0.026(− 0.047, − 0.005)

0–11 months (n = 1943)

 HAZ

0.099 (0.055, 0.143) *

0.229 (0.186, 0.270) *

0.261 (0.219, 0.302) *

 WAZ

0.201 (0.158, 0.244) *

0.281 (0.240, 0.322) *

0.193 (0.150, 0.236) *

 WHZ

0.163 (0.119, 0.206) *

0.123 (0.079, 0.167) *

− 0.037(− 0.081, 0.008)

12–23 months (n = 1612)

 HAZ

0.126 (0.078, 0.174) *

0.232 (0.185, 0.277) *

0.214 (0.167, 0.260) *

 WAZ

0.250 (0.204, 0.295) *

0.331 (0.287, 0.374) *

0.151 (0.103, 0.199) *

 WHZ

0.204 (0.156, 0.250) *

0.254 (0.208, 0.300) *

0.015(− 0.034, 0.064)

24–35 months (n = 1515)

 HAZ

0.137 (0.088, 0.187) *

0.205 (0.156, 0.253) *

0.153 (0.103, 0.053)

 WAZ

0.201 (0.152, 0.203) *

0.251 (0.203, 0.298) *

0.103 (0.053, 0.153) *

 WHZ

0.155 (0.105, 0.203) *

0.156 (0.106, 0.205) *

− 0.010(− 0.061, 0.040)

36–47 months (n = 1766)

 HAZ

0.092 (0.046, 0.138) *

0.195 (0.150, 0.240) *

0.191 (0.146, 0.236) *

 WAZ

0.179 (0.134, 0.224) *

0.271 (0.227, 0.314) *

0.127 (0.081, 0.173) *

 WHZ

0.166 (0.120, 0.211) *

0.182 (0.137, 0.227) *

− 0.036(− 0.082, 0.011)

48–59 months (n = 1669)

 HAZ

0.099 (0.051, 0.146) *

0.200 (0.153, 0.246) *

0.228 (0.182, 0.273) *

 WAZ

0.250 (0.204, 0.294) *

0.294 (0.250, 0.338) *

0.142 (0.095, 0.189) *

 WHZ

0.258 (0.212, 0.302) *

0.197 (0.151, 0.243) *

− 0.072(− 0.119, − 0.024)

  1. 1HAZ: height-for-age z-score, 2WAZ: weight-for-age z-score, 3WHZ: weight-for-height z-score
  2. *P < 0.05