Table 4.
Prevalence of acute malnutrition among children measuring 67-< 140 cm, by duration of stay in camp, Bulo Bacte, Dagahaley refugee camp, Dadaab, Kenya, August 2011
|
Height |
Degree of malnutrition |
Duration of stay in camp at survey date |
Cochran-Armitage test-for-trend |
Overall% |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
<3 months |
3-6 months |
>6 months |
|
(n/N) |
| % (n/N) | % (n/N) | % (n/N) | ||||
|
67 - <110 cm |
Severe acute malnutrition |
3.2 |
3.9 |
2.0 |
1.19 |
3.0 |
| |
|
(110/3441) |
(71/2359) |
(19/949) |
p = 0.09 |
(212/7144) |
| |
Global acute malnutrition |
15.4 |
11.9 |
9.4 |
1.31 |
13.4 |
| |
|
(529/3441) |
(279/2359) |
(89/949) |
p < 0.001 |
(956/7144) |
|
67 - <87 cm |
Severe acute malnutrition |
6.6 |
5.9 |
4.0 |
1.23 |
6.0 |
| |
|
(93/1403) |
(55/935) |
(16/402) |
p = 0.06 |
(173/2893) |
| |
Global acute malnutrition |
25.6 |
22.2 |
18.1 |
1.23 |
23.6 |
| |
|
(359/1403) |
(207/935) |
(73/402) |
p = 0.001 |
(682/2893) |
|
87 - <110 cm |
Severe acute malnutrition |
0.8 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
1.03 |
0.9 |
| |
|
(17/2038) |
(16/1424) |
(3/547) |
p = 0.89 |
(39/4251) |
| |
Global acute malnutrition |
8.3 |
5.1 |
2.9 |
1.61 |
6.4 |
| |
|
(170/2038) |
(72/1424) |
(16/547) |
p < 0.001 |
(274/4251) |
|
110- < 140 cm |
11.0 |
9.2 |
6.2 |
1.29 |
9.8 |
|
| (193/1749) | (109/1189) | (28/454) | p = 0.002 | (353/3597) | ||