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Table 4 Nutrition status of Syrian refugee children*, prevalence and results of multivariable analysis, IOM, 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016

From: Nutritional profile of Syrian refugee children before resettlement

  

Wasting (zWFH <− 2)***

Stunting (zHFA < − 2)***

Overweight & Obesity (zWFH > 2)***

N

% (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)**

p-value

% (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)**

p-value

% (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)**

p-value

All children*

10,877

3.6 (3.2, 3.9)

  

8.8 (8.3, 9.4)

  

11.6 (11.0, 12.2)

  

Age group

 6 to 11

985

6.8 (5.3, 8.5)

2.09 (1.51, 2.91)

0.0001

13.3 (11.2, 15.6)

2.56 (2.00, 3.28)

0.0001

17.4 (15.1, 20.0)

2.33 (1.88, 2.90)

0.0001

 12 to 23

2280

3.3 (2.6, 4.1)

0.97 (0.71, 1.33)

0.8520

12.1 (10.8, 13.5)

2.29 (1.86,2.81)

0.0001

15.0 (13.6, 16.5)

1.97 (1.64, 2.36)

0.0001

 24 to 35

2349

3.1 (2.4, 3.9)

0.92 (0.67, 1.27)

0.6270

8.9 (7.8, 10.2)

1.59 (1.28, 1.97)

0.0001

10.6 (9.4, 11.9)

1.33 (1.10, 1.61)

0.0030

 36 to 47

2639

3.3 (2.7, 4.1)

0.99 (0.73, 1.33)

0.9250

7.1 (6.2, 8.2)

1.24 (0.99, 1.54)

0.0570

10.7 (9.5, 11.9)

1.34 (1.11, 1.61)

0.0020

 48 to 59

2624

3.3 (2.7, 4.1)

Ref.

 

5.9 (5.1, 6.9)

Ref.

 

8.2 (7.2, 9.4)

Ref.

 

Sex

 Male

5636

3.5 (3.1, 4.0)

Ref.

 

9.0 (8.2, 9.7)

Ref.

 

13.0 (12.2, 13.9)

Ref.

 

 Female

5241

3.6 (3.1, 4.2)

1.03 (0.84, 1.27)

0.7570

8.7 (7.9, 9.5)

0.97 (0.85, 1.11)

0.6240

10.0 (9.2, 10.9)

0.74 (0.66, 0.83)

0.0001

Family size

 1 to 5

6109

3.9 (3.4, 4.4)

Ref.

 

8.1 (7.4, 8.8)

Ref.

 

12.2 (11.4, 13.1)

Ref.

 

 6 to 10

4679

3.2 (2.7, 3.7)

0.81 (0.65, 1.00)

0.0460

9.8 (9.0, 10.7)

1.35 (1.17, 1.54)

0.0001

10.7 (9.9, 11.7)

0.87 (0.77, 0.99)

0.0310

 11 and up

89

4.5 (1.2, 11.1)

1.31 (0.47, 3.64)

0.5990

7.9 (3.2, 15.5)

1.09 (0.50, 2.39)

0.8250

11.2 (5.5, 19.7)

0.95 (0.49, 1.85)

0.8770

Country

 Jordan

5282

4.1 (3.6, 4.7)

Ref.

 

7.4 (6.7, 8.1)

Ref.

 

11.9 (11.0, 12.8)

Ref.

 

 Lebanon

4439

2.4 (1.9, 2.9)

0.56 (0.44,0.71)

0.0001

9.6 (8.7, 10.5)

1.40 (1.21, 1.61)

0.0001

11.9 (11.0, 13.0)

1.00 (0.88, 1.13)

0.9780

 Turkey

560

4.6 (3.1, 6.7)

1.10 (0.72, 1.67)

0.6640

13.2 (10.5, 16.3)

2.00 (1.53, 2.62)

0.0001

10.0 (7.6, 12.8)

0.79 (0.59, 1.06)

0.1140

 Egypt

235

8.1 (4.9, 12.3)

2.09 (1.28, 3.41)

0.0030

16.6 (12.1, 22.0)

2.73 (1.90, 3.93)

0.0001

9.4 (5.9, 13.8)

0.79 (0.50, 1.24)

0.3030

 Greece

213

3.2 (1.3, 6.7)

0.75 (0.35, 1.63)

0.4730

7.5 (4.4, 11.9)

1.04 (0.62, 1.75)

0.8850

6.6 (3.6, 10.8)

0.50 (0.29, 0.86)

0.0130

 Iraq

148

9.5 (5.3, 15.4)

2.38 (1.35, 4.21)

0.0030

7.4 (3.8, 12.9)

1.06 (0.57, 1.98)

0.8560

6.1 (2.8, 11.2)

0.47 (0.24, 0.92)

0.0280

  1. *Considered only the six top countries with information on family size
  2. **Odds ratios were adjusted for the other variables
  3. ***All models of each outcome variable were significant (p-value< 0.01)