Table 3.
Relationship of personal hygiene score of the study population with its morbidity profile and nutritional status
| Score | Morbidity(n=184) |
Total | Nutritional status(n=184) |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Absent | Underwt | Normal/overwt | |||||
| 1-2 (Poor) | 41 (29.59) | 2 (3.13) | 43 (39) | 35 (51.0) | 8 (6.2) | 43 (39) | ||
| 3-4 (Average) | 70 (51.02) | 25 (56.25) | 95 (88.4) | 21 (30.6) | 74 (65.4) | 95 (88.4) | ||
| 5-6 (Good) | 27 (19.39) | 19 (40.62) | 46 (41.6) | 7 (18.4) | 39 (28.4) | 46 (41.6) | ||
| Total | 138 (100) | 46 (100) | 184 (100) | 63 (100) | 121 (100) | 184 (100) | ||
| Chi sq. value=16.11, P<0.05, df=2 | Chi sq. value=56.07, P<0.05, df=2 | |||||||
Figures in parentheses indicate percentages.