Table 2.
Nutritional parametersa
| Characteristic | Result for indicated group |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteremia negative | Bacteremia positive | ||
| No. of participants | 447 | 59 | |
| Height (cm) | 70.5 (65.0–76.0) | 67.5 (64.5–73.0) | 0.045b |
| Weight (kg) | 7.8 (6.5–9.2) | 7.5 (6.1–8.5) | 0.136b |
| No. underweight (WAZ < −2) (%) | 137 (30.6) | 24 (40.7) | 0.098c |
| No. with wasting (WHZ < −2) (%) | 113 (25.3) | 17 (28.8) | 0.517c |
| No. with stunting (HAZ < −2) (%) | 80 (17.9) | 8 (13.6) | 0.579c |
| MUAC (cm) | 13.5 (12.5–14.6) | 13.5 (12.2–14.5) | 0.505b |
| No. with MUAC-for-age Z score < −2 (%) | 106 (23.7) | 13 (22.0) | 0.856c |
| No. with MUAC-for-ht Z score < −2 (%) | 106 (23.7) | 12 (20.3) | 0.997c |
| Head circumference (cm) | 44.0 (42.5–46.0) | 44.0 (42.0–45.0) | 0.200b |
| No. with head circumference Z score < −2 (%) | 47 (10.5) | 5 (8.5) | 0.820c |
a
Data are presented as medians (Q1 and Q3) or proportions, unless otherwise indicated. WAZ, weight-for-age Z score; WHZ, weight-for-height Z score; HAZ, height-for-age Z score; MUAC, mid-upper-arm circumference. The value in boldface is statistically significant.
b
Mann Whitney U test.
c
Fisher's exact test.