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Table 1 Estimated childhood malnutrition rate, its odds ratio and 95% confidence interval in socioeconomic quintiles, Nigeria 2003

From: Using extended concentration and achievement indices to study socioeconomic inequality in chronic childhood malnutrition: the case of Nigeria

Wealth index

Mean Negative HAZ

OR (95% CI)*

Poorest

1.89

3.69 (2.98, 4.58)

Poor

1.81

3.10 (2.50, 3.86)

Rich

1.72

2.80 (2.25, 3.48)

Richer

1.28

1.60 (1.28, 2.00)

Richest

0.82

reference

  1. HAZ: Height-for-age z score; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval
  2. *All estimates are significant at p < .001
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International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

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