Table 1.
Study | Stunting (height for age) | Underweight (weight for age) | Wasting (weight for height) | ||||||||
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Project | Control | P value | Project | Control | P value | Project | Control | P value | |||
Aiga et al, 200932 | 50.0 | 39.0 | 0.294 | 24.0 | 42.0 | 0.042 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 0.718 | ||
Faber et al, 200224 | NR | NR | NS | NR | NR | NS | NR | NR | NS | ||
Hoorweg et al, 200015* | 93.9 | 92.3 | 0.04 | 84.7 | 79.4 | 0.004 | 94.7 | 91.3 | 0.02 | ||
Makhotla and Hendriks, 200428 | 49.1 | 44.7 | NS | 29.6 | 23.8 | NS | 24.7 | 19.7 | NS | ||
Low et al, 200721 | 61.0 | 61.0 | NS | 24.0 | 34.0 | 0.01 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0.03 | ||
Olney et al, 200913 | 40.5 | 42.3 | NS | 36.1 | 34.4 | NS | 14.8 | 11.4 | NS | ||
Schipani et al, 200219 | 20.0 | 26.6 | NS | 10.0 | 16.6 | NS | 10.0 | 6.6 | NS | ||
Shmidt and Vorster, 199529 | 78.0 | 67.0 | NS | 89.0 | 67.0 | NS | 28.0 | 28.0 | NS |
NR=prevalence not reported; NS=P value not reported but difference was statistically not significant.
*Reported nutritional status in terms of percentage of international reference values.