Table 3. Prevalence of malnutrition at baseline among Aboriginal primary schoolchildren in Satak, Raub, Pahang (n = 374).
| Age/Gender | Weight (kg)* | Height (cm)* | Criteria | |||||
| Underweight | Stunting | Wasting | ||||||
| Normal/Mild n (%) | Severe n (%) | Normal/Mild n (%) | Severe n (%) | Normal/Mild n (%) | Severe n (%) | |||
| Age group (years) | ||||||||
| ≥10 | 29.4(28.4, 30.4) | 134.9(133.7, 136.0) | 85(65.9) | 44(34.1) | 62(48.1) | 67(51.9) | 41(82.0) | 9(18.0) |
| <10 | 21.0(20.5, 21.5) | 122.2(121.2, 123.1) | 183(75.0) | 62(25.3) | 27(11.0) | 218(89.0) | 192(78.4) | 53(21.6) |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 23.5(22.7, 24.2) | 125.6(124.2, 126.6) | 114(65.1) | 62(35.2) | 115(63.3) | 61(34.7) | 119(85.6) | 20(14.4) |
| Female | 24.3(23.3, 25.3) | 127.5(126.7, 129.0) | 154(77.8) | 44(22.2) | 170(85.9) | 14(14.1) | 114(73.1) | 42(26.9) |
| Total | 23.9(23.3, 24.5) | 126.6(125.6, 127.7) | 268(71.8) | 106(28.3) | 285(76.2) | 89(23.8) | 233(79.0) | 62(21.0) |
n represents the number of subjects.
*
Values are mean (95% confidence interval).