Food Insecurity Is Associated with Undernutrition but Not Overnutrition in Ecuadorian Women from Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods

Table 5

Association of household food sufficiency status with participant anemia status ().

	Household food security status			Low food security		Very low food security
	Food secure; ()	Low food security; ()	Very low food security; ()	Unadjusted prevalence; ⁢ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted prevalence; ⁢ratio (95% CI)	Unadjusted prevalence; ⁢ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted prevalence; ⁢ratio (95% CI)
	(%)	(%)	(%)
Anemia	25 (21.7)	81 (33.9)	101 (41.9)	1.85 (1.10, 3.10)^1	1.53 (0.98, 2.40)	2.60 (1.60, 4.30)^2	1.94 (1.24, 3.03)^3

Blood hemoglobin classified using WHO [54, 55] reference standards for anemia, adjusted for altitude, age, and reproductive status.
95% CI = 95% confidence interval.
Analyses adjusted for household per capita income, education, length of residence in current neighborhood, neighborhood location, and data collection year.
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