Table 6.

Comparison of malnutrition status based on parental care and education levels.

	PtS BMI z-Score ≥ −1	PtS BMI z-Score < −1 and >−2	PtS BMI z-Score ≤ −2	p
Provider of the babycare
Mother and grandmother	19 (95.0)	7 (100)	4 (100)
Father	1 (5.0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Educational status of the mother
Primary school	4 (26.7)	0 (0)	2 (50.0)	0.591
Middle school	4 (26.7)	2 (28.6)	1 (25.0)
High school	3 (20.0)	3 (42.9)	0 (0)
College	4 (26.7)	2 (28.6)	1 (25.0)
Educational status of the father
Primary school	8 (42.1)	0 (0)	1 (25.0)	0.365
Middle school	3 (15.8)	1 (14.3)	1 (25.0)
High school	4 (21.1)	4 (57.1)	1 (25.0)
College	4 (21.1)	2 (28.6)	1 (25.0)
Anxiety of parents about child’s weight gain	3 (13.0)	1 (14.3)	1 (25.0)	0.777
Risk of treatment due to weight gain	11 (47.8)	2 (28.6)	3 (75.0)	0.389

PtS, prior to study; BMI, body mass index; countable data presented as number (percent); Fisher’s exact test is used.