Table 2.
Variables | Infected | Control | P |
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Malnutrition by Anthropometry Z-core | |||
Stunted (HAZ <-2) | 34(48.6) | 2(28.6) | 0.001 |
Wasted (WHZ <-2) | 22(31.4) | 2(28.6) | 0.001 |
Underweight (WAZ <-2) | 41(58.6) | 5(7.1) | 0.001 |
Malnutrition by Welcome Classification (Age <60months) | |||
Underweight | 26(60.5) | 2(4.7) | 0.001 |
Marasmus | 9(20.9) | 1(2.3) | 0.001 |
Kwashiorkor | -- | -- | -- |
Marasmus Kwashiorkor | -- | -- | -- |
Normal | 8(18.6) | 40(93.0) | 0.001 |
Prevalence of multiple co-existing malnutrition (By combined anthropometry z-scores) | |||
Stunting and Wasting | 13(9.3) | 0(0.0) | 0.001 |
Wasting and Underweight | 19(27.1) | 2(2.9) | 0.001 |
Stunting and Underweight | 28(40.0) | 3(4.3) | 0.001 |
Stunting, Wasting and Underweight | 12(17.1) | 0(0.0) | 0.001 |