Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity, and Thinness in Cameroon Urban Children and Adolescents

Table 6

Prevalence of undernutrition defined as underweight (low weight for age), stunting (low height for age), wasting (low weight for height) and thinness (low BMI for age) based on several references used: WHO 2007, CDC, Cole et al. 2007, and our Database.

Reference	Status	Range∗	Boys: 𝑛/𝑁 (%)		Girls: 𝑛/𝑁 (%)		Boys + girls
WHO 2007 [21]	Underweight	<10 yrs	20/361	(5.5)	19/390	(4.8)	39/751	(5.2)
	Stunting	8/15 yrs	119/1285	(9.2)	34/1404	(2.4)	153/2689	(5.7)
	Wasting	<163 cm	21/1256	(1.6)	36/1245	(2.9)	57/2501	(2.2)
	Wasting I	<163 cm	18/1256	(1.4)	31/1245	(2.5)	49/2501	(1.9)
	Wasting II	<163 cm	3/1256	(0.2)	5/1245	(0.4)	8/2501	(0.3)
CDC [19, 20]	Underweight	8/15 yrs	77/1285	(5.9)	38/1404	(2.7)	115/2689	(4.2)
	Stunting	8/15 yrs	118/1285	(9.2)	39/1404	(2.7)	157/2689	(5.8)
	Wasting	<121 cm		—	2/30	(6.6)	2/71	(2.8)
	Wasting I	<121 cm		—		—		—
	Wasting II	<121 cm		—		—		—
Cole et al. 2007 [9]	Thin	8/15 yrs	121/1285	(9.4)	136/1404	(9.7)	257/2689	(9.5)
	Thin I	8/15 yrs	285/1285	(7.3)	96/1404	(6.8)	190/2689	(7.1)
	Thin II	8/15 yrs	18/1285	(1.4)	20/1404	(1.4)	38/2689	(1.4)
	Thin III	8/15 yrs	9/1285	(0.7)	20/1404	(1.4)	29/2689	(1.1)
Our Database	Thin	8/15 yrs	71/1285	(5.5)	70/1285	(4.9)	141/2689	(5.2)
	Thin I	8/15 yrs	61/1285	(4.7)	54/1285	(3.8)	115/2689	(4.2)
	Thin II	8/15 yrs	8/1285	(0.6)	13/1285	(0.9)	21/2689	(0.8)
	Thin III	8/15 yrs	2/1285	(0.1)	3/1285	(0.2)	5/2689	(0.2)

𝑛: outcome, 𝑁: total exposed, and ∗range defines the limit or the subset to which the cutoffs were valid or available in the literature. World Health Organization (WHO) and Center of disease Control (CDC).