Table 5.
PYMS and STAMP scores according to malnutrition sub-groups.
| Total | BMI z-Score ≥ −1 (nPtS = 23, nAtS = 21) (No Malnutrition) |
BMI z-Score < −1 and > −2 (nPtS = 7, nAtS = 5) (Mild Acute Malnutration) |
BMI z-Score ≤ −2 (nPtS = 4, nAtS = 8) (Moderate–Severe Acute Malnutrition) |
BMI z-Score ≤ −2 and Not Classified in the High-Risk Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PtS * | AtS * | |||||||
| PYMS (2–16 y) | Low | PtS | 24 (64.9) | 19 (82.6) | 4 (57.1) | 0 (0) | 0 of 4 (0) | 1 of 8 (12.5) |
| AtS | 21 (61.8) | 14 (77.8) | 4 (80.0) | 1 (12.5) | ||||
| Medium | PtS | 1 (2.7) | 1 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||
| AtS | 2 (5.9) | 2 (11.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||||
| High | PtS | 12 (32.4) | 3 (13.1) | 3 (42.9) | 4 (100) | |||
| AtS | 11 (32.4) | 2 (11.1) | 1 (20.0) | 7 (87.5) | ||||
| P (PtS), P (AtS) | 0.001, 0.001 | |||||||
| STAMP (2–17 y) | Low | PtS | 8 (21.6) | 6 (26.1) | 2 (28.6) | 0 (0) | 1 of 4 (25.0) | 2 of 8 (25.0) |
| AtS | 11 (32.4) | 8 (44.4) | 2 (40.0) | 0 (0) | ||||
| Medium | PtS | 17 (45.9) | 11 (47.8) | 2 (28.6) | 1 (25.0) | |||
| AtS | 14 (41.2) | 8 (44.4) | 2 (40.0) | 2 (25.0) | ||||
| High | PtS | 12 (32.4) | 6 (26.1) | 3 (42.9) | 3 (75.0) | |||
| AtS | 9 (26.5) | 2 (11.1) | 1 (20.0) | 6 (75.0) | ||||
| P (PtS), P (AtS) | 0.109, 0.002 | |||||||
BMI, body mass index; PtS, prior to study for both BMI and survey scores; AtS, after the study for both BMI and survey scores; STRONG, synergistic theory research obesity and nutrition group; PYMS, Pediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score; STAMP, Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Pediatrics; countable data presented as number (percent); significant values are written in bold; linear–linear association test is used for ordinal, and Fisher’s exact test is used for nominal categories; *, percentage based on BMI z-score ≤ −2 group.