Table 1 Prevalence rates of underweight, stunting, and wasting in indigenous children < 60 months by region, sex, and age, First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition, Brazil, 2008-2009

p < 0.001 *

p < 0.001 *

p = 0.22 *

2558

11.4

2.87

40.8

1.83

1.7

1.50

(1.61-5.11)

(1.21-2.77)

(0.61-3.68)

1283

5.0

1.26

27.6

1.24

0.9

0.80

(0.69-2.31)

13

(0.77-1.97)

1.

(0.29-2.20)

1339

4.1

1.02

0.62

1.17

(0.58-1.81)

.9

(0.38-1.01)

4

(0.43-3.23)

875

4.0

1.00

22.3

1.00

1.2

1.00

(reference)

(reference)

(reference)

p = 0.04 *

p = 0.03 *

p = 0.17 *

3104

6.5

1.00

27.0

1.00

1.5

1.00

(reference)

(reference)

(reference)

2951

5.3

0.81

24.3

0.90

1.1

0.70

(0.66-0.99)

(0.82-0.99)

(0.44-1.12)

p = 0.06 **

p < 0.001 **

p < 0.001 **

644

4.0

1.00

9.2

1.00

2.7

1.00

(reference)

(reference)

(reference)

675

7.3

1.83

14.9

1.63

2.6

0.96

(1.03-3.26)

(1.15-2.31)

(0.45-2.05)

1201

7.5

1.88

31.5

3.43

2.0

0.73

(1.11-3.16)

(2.58-4.57)

(0.35-1.52)

1175

6.1

1.52

32.7

3.57

0.4

0.16

(0.88-2.63)

(2.62-4.85)

(0.05-0.46)

1243

5.1

1.27

28.3

3.09

0.7

0.24

(0.70-2.30)

(2.24-4.27)

(0.08-0.72)

1117

5.1

1.28

25.2

2.75

0.6

0.22

(0.77-2.15)

(1.94-3.91)

(0.08-0.61)