Table 1. Prevalence of malnutrition within our population (stratified by sex) relating to each anthropometric index.
| Male | Female | Total | ||||||||
| Anthropometric measure (age range) | Value | Total (N) | No. (%) | CI95 (%) | Total (N) | No. (%) | CI95 (%) | Total (N) | No. (%) | CI95 (%) |
| Weight-for-age (6 to 120 months) | <−3 Z-score | 914 | 85 (9.3) | 7.5–11.4 | 964 | 58 (6.0) | 4.6–7.7 | 1878 | 143 (7.6) | 6.5–8.9 |
| <−2 Z-score | 244 (26.7) | 23.9–29.7 | 193 (20.0) | 17.5–22.7 | 437 (23.3) | 21.4–25.2 | ||||
| Height-for-age (6 to 240 months) | <−3 Z-score | 1148 | 163 (14.2) | 12.2–16.4 | 1278 | 104 (8.1) | 6.7–9.8 | 2426 | 267 (11.0) | 9.8–12.3 |
| <−2 Z-score | 434 (37.8) | 35.0–40.7 | 347 (27.2) | 24.7–29.7 | 781 (32.2) | 30.3–34.1 | ||||
| Weight-for-height (6 to 60 months) | <−3 Z-score | 501 | 16 (3.2) | 1.8–5.1 | 545 | 16 (2.9) | 1.7–4.7 | 1046 | 32 (3.1) | 2.1–4.3 |
| <−2 Z-score | 58 (11.6) | 8.9–14.7 | 46 (8.4) | 6.2–11.1 | 104 (9.9) | 8.2–11.9 | ||||
| BMI-for-age (6 to 240 months) | <−3 Z-score | 1145 | 35 (3.1) | 2.1–4.2 | 1276 | 35 (2.7) | 1.9–3.8 | 2421 | 70 (2.9) | 2.3–3.6 |
| <−2 Z-score | 135 (11.8) | 10.0–13.8 | 123 (9.6) | 8.1–11.4 | 258 (10.7) | 9.5–12.0 | ||||
| MUAC-for-age (6 to 60 months) | <−3 Z-score | 441 | 3 (0.7) | 0.1–2.0 | 457 | 1 (0.2) | 0.0–1.2 | 898 | 4 (0.4) | 0.1–1.1 |
| <−2 Z-score | 11 (2.5) | 1.3–4.4 | 12 (2.6) | 1.4–4.5 | 23 (2.6) | 1.6–3.8 |
SD stands for standard deviation, BMI stands for body mass index. Note that children with Z-scores of <−3 are a subset of children with value <−2, not a separate group; −2 Z-scores or lower identifies malnutrition, and −3 Z-scores or lower identified severe malnutrition.