Table 3.

Comparison of the prevalence of wasting (low MUAC-for-age) in children aged upto 5 years

Ethnic group/ population	Region/Area	Sample	Age group	Reference/cut-offs	Prevalence of Wasting	χ2-value	Reference
Bauri	Purulia, West Bengal	499	2–6 years	WHO,1995	32.46	54.98*	Das et al.(26)
Santal	Purulia, West Bengal	514	2–6 years	WHO,1995	33.27	51.90*	Das et al. (26)
Affluent urban	Midnapore, West Bengal	1060	1–3 years	WHO,1995	18.96	216.01*	Maiti et al. (30)
Urban poor	North 24 Parganas, West Bengal	899	1–5 years	WHO,1995	77.80	3.43	Bisai (24)
Bengalee Muslims	Nadia District, West Bengal	2016	3–5 years	WHO,1995	35.11	109.98*	Biswas et al. (25)
Rural-Urban	Cuttack, Orissa	292	1–5 years	MUAC<13.5 cm	30.32	40.27*	Mishra and Mishra (29)
Bengalee	Hooghly, West Bengal	894	2–5 years	WHO,1995	64.54	0.69	Mandal and Bose (28)
Punjabi	Punjab, India	6531	1–5 years	WHO,1983	38.52	122.38*	Kaur et al. (27)
Karbi	Karbi Anglong, Assam	809	1–5 years	WHO,2007	32.76	76.84*	Mondal and Engtipi (31)
Rural and Urban children	Kenya	3793	1–5years	MUAC<13.5 cm	17.00	520.69*	Gewa et al. (22)
Rural Children	Banglore,Karnataka	256	1–5years	MUAC<13.5 cm	31.00	35.10*	Joseph et al. (35)
School Children	Urban Ibadan,Nigeria	319	1–4years	MUAC<13.5 cm	25.70	57.76*	Dairo et al. (19)
Rural and Urban children	Cetral Uganda	261	1–3years	MUAC<13.5 cm	21.60	61.22*	Kikafunda et al. (43)
Children	Rural Kenya	359	1–5years	MUAC<11.5 cm	47.00	12.94*	Barkley et al. (32)
Children	Mugu,Nepal	198	1–4years	MUAC<13..5 cm	17.00	59.32*	Sharma (44)
Rural children	Bangladesh	2016	0–5 years	MUAC <12.5cm	33.00	129.08*	Choudhury et al. (18)
Rural children	Kenya	295	0–5 years	WHO, 1995	26.80	50.76*	Cheah et al. (12)
Rural and sub-urban	Uganda	261	0–5 years	MUAC<12.5cm	21.60	61.22*	Kikafunda et al. (41)
Rural-urban children	Darjeeling, West Bengal	1222	0–5 years	WHO, 1995	62.90	-	Present study