Table 2.
Anthropometric measurements of the study population by gender
| Variable | All n = 302 |
Boys n = 144 |
Girls n = 158 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight(Kg) | 33.6 ± 9.1 | 34.3 ± 9.6 | 33.0 ± 8.7 | 0.24 | |
| Weight-for-Age | n (%) | ||||
| Normal | 286 (94.7) | 139(96.5) | 147(93) | 0.21 | |
| Low | 16 (5.3) | 5(3.5) | 11(7) | ||
| Height (cm) | 134.0 ± 8.9 | 133.6 ± 9.0 | 134.3 ± 8.9 | 0.47 | |
| Height-for-Age | n (%) | 0.08 | |||
| Normal | 211(69.9) | 108(75) | 103(65.2) | ||
| Stunted | 91(30.1) | 36(25) | 55(34.8) | ||
| BMI(Kg/m2) | 18.5 ± 3.7 | 19.0 ± 4.4 | 18.0 ± 3.0 | 0.02 | |
| BMI-for-Age | n (%) | ||||
| Normal | 225 (74.5) | 100 (69.4) | 125 (79.1) | 0.02 | |
| Obese or Overweight | 74 (24.5) | 44 (30.6) | 30 (19.0) | ||
| Thinness or Severe Thinness | 3 (1.0) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.9) | ||
| Waist Circumference (cm) | 63.3 ± 10.0 | 64.5 ± 11.8 | 62.2 ± 7.9 | 0.05 | |