Table 1.
Age sex-specific mean ± SD and prevalence of wasting based on MUAC among the children
| Age | Number of samples | MUAC (mm) | Prevalence of wasting (low MUAC-for-age) | ||||||||||||
| Boys | Girls | Sex difference |
Boys | Girls | Overall | ||||||||||
| Boys | Girls | Total | Mean ±SD | Mean ±SD | (F-value) | −2 SD | −3 SD | Total | −2 SD | −3 SD | Total | −2SD | −3SD | Total | |
| 1 year | 123 | 124 | 247 | 126.1 ±15.6 | 126.9 ±14.7 | 0.19 | 39(31.7) | 40(32.5) | 79(64.2) | 40(32.2) | 25(20.2) | 65(52.4) | 79(32.0) | 65(26.3) | 144(58.3) |
| 2 year | 120 | 137 | 257 | 131.7 ±13.3 | 127.0 ±15.4 | 7.22** | 53(44.2) | 27(22.5) | 80(66.7) | 45(32.8) | 47(34.3) | 92(67.2) | 98(38.1) | 74(28.8) | 172(66.9) |
| 3 year | 125 | 128 | 253 | 132.9 ±13.7 | 129.8 ±14.8 | 2.85* | 49(39.2) | 35(28.0) | 84(67.2) | 52(40.6) | 39(30.5) | 91(71.1) | 101(39.9) | 74(29.3) | 175(69.2) |
| 4 year | 125 | 138 | 263 | 135.4 ±13.7 | 135.5 ±16.0 | 0.01 | 46(36.8) | 32(25.6) | 78(62.4) | 51(37.0) | 32(23.2) | 83(60.1) | 97(36.9) | 64(24.3) | 161(61.2) |
| 5 year | 96 | 106 | 202 | 142.5 ±10.3 | 136.4 ±12.4 | 14.13** | 39(40.6) | 7(7.3) | 46(47.9) | 46(43.4) | 24(22.6) | 70(66.0) | 85(42.0) | 31(15.3) | 116(57.4) |
| Total | 589 | 633 | 1222 | 133.3 ±14.5 | 131.0 ±15.3 | 7.64** | 226(38.4) | 141(23.9) | 367(62.3) | 234(37.0) | 167(26.4) | 401(63.3) | 460(37.6) | 308(25.2) | 768(62.9) |
Figures in parenthesis indicate percentage
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01, SD: standard deviation