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Description of data sets, study sample size, proportion of women (both seropositive and seronegative) classified as underweight, normal, overweight, and obese for countries included in the study |
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| BMI classification (all sample) (m2/kg) |
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| Region/Country |
Year of survey |
Sample size |
Underweight (<18.5) |
Normal (18.5–24.9) |
Overweight (25.0 – 29.9) |
Obese (≥ 30) |
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| Central Africa |
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| Rwanda |
2005 |
11, 321 |
9.9 |
78.2 |
11.0 |
1.0 |
| Cameroon |
2004 |
10. 656 |
6.3 |
65.2 |
20.6 |
7.9 |
| Eastern Africa |
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| Kenya |
2003 |
8, 195 |
11.9 |
63.8 |
17.4 |
6.8 |
| Ethiopia |
2005 |
14, 070 |
26.6 |
67.0 |
5.2 |
1.2 |
| Southern Africa |
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| Lesotho |
2004 |
7, 095 |
5.5 |
53.9 |
25.5 |
15.1 |
| Malawi |
2004 |
11, 698 |
9.2 |
77.5 |
10.8 |
2.5 |
| Zimbabwe |
2006 |
8,907 |
9.1 |
66.1 |
17.9 |
6.9 |
| Western Africa |
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| Burkina Faso |
2003 |
12, 477 |
21.6 |
69.8 |
6.4 |
2.2 |
| Ghana |
2003 |
5, 691 |
9.8 |
67.2 |
15.8 |
7.3 |
| Guinea |
2005 |
7, 954 |
13.7 |
73.1 |
10.7 |
2.5 |
| Senegal |
2005 |
14, 602 |
18.1 |
61.6 |
14.0 |
6.2 |
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BMI-Body mass index | ||||||
Uthman BMC Public Health 2008 8:226 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-226 |
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