Table 3

Summary of the association between maternal height (cm) and under-five or infant mortality (unadjusted and adjusted relative risk with 95% CI and absolute probabilities with 95% CI)

	N	Unadjusted			Adjusted*
	N	RR (95% CI)	P value	Absolute probabilities (95% CI)	RR (95% CI)	P value	Absolute probabilities (95% CI)
Under-five (0–59 months) mortality (N=1544)
Maternal height per 1 cm increase	1544	0.976 (0.966 to 0.986)	<0.001		0.982 (0.972 to 0.992)	0.001
Maternal height categories, cm
≥155.0	273	1(ref)		0.042 (0.036 to 0.047)	1 (ref)		0.044 (0.038 to 0.049)
154.9–150.0	489	1.16 (0.99 to 1.37)		0.049 (0.044 to 0.054)	1.13 (0.96 to 1.34)		0.050 (0.045 to 0.054)
149.9–145.0	498	1.33 (1.13 to 1.57)		0.056 (0.050 to 0.061)	1.26 (1.07 to 1.49)		0.055 (0.050 to 0.061)
<145.0	284	1.65 (1.35 to 2.02)	<0.001	0.069 (0.059 to 0.080)	1.48 (1.20 to 1.82)	0.001	0.065 (0.054 to 0.075)
Infant (0–11 months) mortality (N=992)
Maternal height per 1 cm increase	992	0.973 (0.962 to 0.984)	<0.001		0.980 (0.969 to 0.991)	<0.001
Maternal height categories, cm
≥155.0	165	1 (ref)		0.036 (0.031 to 0.041)	1 (ref)		0.037 (0.032 to 0.042)
154.9–150.0	308	1.22 (1.02 to 1.45)		0.043 (0.039 to 0.048)	1.19 (1.00 to 1.42)		0.044 (0.039 to 0.049)
149.9–145.0	328	1.38 (1.16 to 1.65)		0.049 (0.044 to 0.054)	1.31 (1.09 to 1.56)		0.049 (0.043 to 0).054
<145.0	191	1.80 (1.45 to 2.23)	<0.001	0.064 (0.054 to 0.075)	1.60 (1.28 to 2.01)	<0.001	0.060 (0.050 to 0.070)

*Models were adjusted for maternal education, occupation, combined birth rank and interval and household wealth.