Table 4.
Distribution of Z-scores of nutritional status indicators among children (n 2591) aged 0–60 months according to HFI level, Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011 (10 826 households)
| HAZ | WAZ | WHZ | BMIZ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level of HFI | Mean | sd | 95 % CI | Mean | sd | 95 % CI | Mean | sd | 95 % CI | Mean | sd | 95 % CI |
| Food secure (n 1014) | −1·41 | 1·37 | −1·49, 1·32 | −1·20 | 1·12 | −1·27, 1·13 | −0·56 | 1·14 | −0·63, 0·49 | −0·43 | 1·14 | −0·50, 0·36 |
| Mild (n 409) | −1·77 | 1·29 | −1·90, 1 ·65 | −1·46 | 1·04 | −1·56, −1·36 | −0·61 | 1·06 | −0·71, 0·50 | −0·46 | 1·09 | −0·50, −0·36 |
| Moderate (n 581) | −1·95 | 1·36 | −2·06, 1 ·84 | −1·67 | 1·03 | −1·75, −1·58 | −0·77 | 1·12 | −0·86, 0·68 | −0·59 | 1·16 | −0·68, −0·50 |
| Severe (n 469) | −2·00 | 1·46 | −1·76, 1 ·65 | −1·74 | 1·14 | −1·84, −1·64 | −0·82 | 1·10 | −0·92, 0·72 | −0·64 | 1·15 | −0·74, −0·54 |
| P<0·001 | P<0·001 | P<0·001 | P=0·002 | |||||||||
HFI, household food insecurity; HAZ, height-for-age Z-score; WAZ, weight-for-age Z-score; WHZ, weight-for-height Z-score; BMIZ, BMI-for-age Z-score.