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Prevalence of malnutrition in children by sex
| Nutritional status by sex (Z score ≤ 2.00) |
Sex Proportion of malnourished children | ||||
| n | % | Total n (%) | p | ||
| Stunting | Boys (n=104) | 28 | 13.5 | 51 (24.5%) | 0.421 |
| Girls (n=104) | 23 | 11.1 | |||
| Underweight | Boys (n=104) | 16 | 7.7 | 31 (14.9%) | 0.846 |
| Girls (n=104) | 15 | 7.2 | |||
| Wasting | Boys (n=104) | 8 | 3.8 | 20 (9.7%) | 0.509 |
| Girls (n=104) | 12 | 5.8 | |||
