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. 2010 Oct 14;88(Suppl 2):282–297. doi: 10.1007/s11524-010-9491-z

Table 4.

Mean unadjusted height-for-age, weight-for-age and weight-for-height z scores, and prevalence of malnutrition, Nairobi informal settlements, Kenya, 2007

Food security score HAZ WAZ Stunting (%) Underweight (%)
By orphan status p < 0.001 p = 0.242 p = 0.009 p = 0.770 p = 0.670
 Orphans −1.46 −1.16 −0.93 25.1 12.5
 Non-orphans 0.84 −1.25 −1.07 25.8 13.3
By orphan type p = 0.007 p = 0.119 p = 0.029 p = 0.700 p = 0.840
 Paternal −2.21 −1.17 −0.90 24.1 13.1
 Maternal 0.61 −1.34 −1.13 28.4 11.6
 Double −0.96 −0.88 −0.75 24.6 10.8

HAZ height for age, WAZ weight for age