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. 2016 May 13;24:62. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.24.62.6949

Table 3.

Nutritional status of the girls by age and residence of adolescent girl in Babile district of eastern Ethiopia, 2013

Age Age of the adolescents
10-14 15 16 17-19
Nutritional status Thinness(<-2SD) 46(24.6) 44(17.0) 15(26.3) 13(29.5)
Normal range (>-2 to<0.99) 125(66.8) 204(78.8) 38(66.7) 30(68.2)
Overweight and obese (≥+1SD) 16(8.6) 11(4.2) 4(7.0) 1(2.3)
Level of stunting Stunted 37(19.8) 12(4.6) 18(31.6) 15(34.1)
Non stunted 150(80.2) 247(95.4) 39(68.4) 29(65.9)
Level of anaemia Anaemic 43(23.0) 85(32.8) 31(54.4) 16(36.4)
Non anaemic 144(77.0) 174(67.2) 26(45.6) 28(63.6)