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. 2014 Dec 4;9(12):e114068. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114068

Table 5. Prevalence of nutritional status by sex and years of evaluation, and differences in prevalence between the years of evaluation by sex.

1992 1999 2012
N % N % N % trend p-value
Boys Normal 187 75.7 495 67.0 454 73.9 ns¥ 0.611
Stunted 15 6.1 31 4.2 36 5.9 ns¥ 0.722
Wasted 33 13.4 150 20.3 51 8.3 Negative <0.001
Stunted_Wasted 8 3.2 27 3.7 5 0.8 Negative 0.005
Overweight 2 0.8 24 3.2 31 5.0 Positive 0.002
Obese 2 0.8 12 1.6 37 6.0 Positive <0.001
Girls Normal 216 78.3 622 75.3 473 70.4 Negative 0.006
Stunted 24 8.7 20 2.4 35 5.2 ns¥ 0.273
Wasted 16 5.8 88 10.7 25 3.7 Negative 0.009
Stunted_Wasted 1 0.4 6 0.7 3 0.4 ns¥ 0.916
Overweight 14 5.1 53 6.4 75 11.2 Positive 0.001
Obese 5 1.8 37 4.5 61 9.1 Positive <0.001

¥, ns = non-significant.