Table 6.
Prevalence of stunting (as per Z-score) among the girls of two environmental setup.
| Age in years |
Flood affected | Non-affected |
X2 values for stunting |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total girls |
HFAZ < − 2SD | HFAZ < − 3SD | Total stunt |
Total girls |
HFAZ < − 2SD | HFAZ < − 3SD | Total stunt | |||||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | Total | Severe | |||
| 6 | 53 | 22 | 41.5 | 5 | 9.4 | 27 | 50.9 | 52 | 17 | 32.7 | 4 | 7.7 | 21 | 40.4 | ||
| 7 | 52 | 17 | 32.7 | 2 | 3.8 | 19 | 36.5 | 50 | 18 | 36.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 19 | 38.0 | ||
| 8 | 50 | 13 | 26.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 18 | 36.0 | 51 | 12 | 23.5 | 4 | 7.8 | 16 | 31.4 | ||
| 9 | 50 | 7 | 14.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 12 | 24.0 | 50 | 8 | 16.0 | 6 | 12.0 | 14 | 28.0 | ||
| 10 | 52 | 26 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 50.0 | 53 | 23 | 43.4 | 4 | 7.5 | 27 | 50.9 | ||
| (6–10) | 257 | 85 | 33.1 | 17 | 6.6 | 102 | 39.7 | 256 | 78 | 30.5 | 19 | 7.4 | 97 | 37.9 | 0.17,df = 1 | 0.29,df = 1 |
| 11 | 52 | 9 | 17.3 | 2 | 3.8 | 11 | 21.2 | 53 | 14 | 26.4 | 4 | 7.5 | 18 | 34.0 | ||
| 12 | 50 | 14 | 28.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 28.0 | 57 | 14 | 24.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 24.6 | ||
| 13 | 54 | 16 | 29.6 | 3 | 5.6 | 19 | 35.2 | 38 | 7 | 18.4 | 1 | 2.6 | 8 | 21.1 | ||
| 14 | 50 | 20 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 40.0 | 41 | 16 | 39.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 39.0 | ||
| 15 | 52 | 17 | 32.7 | 2 | 3.8 | 19 | 36.5 | 45 | 15 | 33.3 | 2 | 4.4 | 17 | 37.8 | ||
| (11–15) | 258 | 76 | 29.4 | 7 | 2.7 | 63 | 24.4 | 234 | 66 | 28.2 | 7 | 2.9 | 73 | 31.2 | 2.82,df = 1 | 0.08,df = 1 |
| 16 | 53 | 15 | 28.3 | 1 | 1.9 | 16 | 30.2 | 47 | 16 | 34.0 | 1 | 2.1 | 17 | 36.2 | ||
| 17 | 52 | 12 | 23.1 | 4 | 7.7 | 16 | 30.8 | 52 | 11 | 21.2 | 5 | 9.6 | 16 | 30.8 | ||
| 18 | 50 | 11 | 22.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 15 | 30.0 | 50 | 11 | 22.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 15 | 30.0 | ||
| 19 | 52 | 11 | 21.2 | 3 | 5.8 | 14 | 26.9 | 38 | 8 | 21.1 | 1 | 2.6 | 9 | 23.7 | ||
| (16–19) | 207 | 49 | 23.7 | 12 | 5.8 | 81 | 39.1 | 187 | 46 | 24.6 | 11 | 5.9 | 57 | 30.5 | 3.23,df = 1 | 0.48,df = 1 |
| Total | 722 | 210 | 29.1 | 36 | 5.0 | 246 | 34.1 | 677 | 190 | 28.1 | 37 | 5.5 | 227 | 33.5 | 0.05,df = 1 | 0.25,df = 1 |
*Significant at 5% level, HFAZ = Height-for-Age Z score.